---
id: CVE-2026-92243
title: >-
  The Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable
  to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 's' parameter in all versions up to,
  and including, 5.5.18 due to insufficient input sanitization and output
  escaping…
summary: >-
  The Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable
  to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 's' parameter in all versions up to,
  and including, 5.5.18 due to insufficient input sanitization and output
  escaping…
severity: medium
cvss: 6.1
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-79
vendor: vinod-dalvi
product: Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin
affected:
  - ivory_search_wordpress_search_plugin <= 5.5.18
published: '2026-10-03'
updated: '2026-10-03'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-03T16:16:41.830'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-92243'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/add-search-to-menu/tags/5.5.18/public/class-is-public.php#L114
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/add-search-to-menu/tags/5.5.18/public/class-is-public.php#L139
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/add-search-to-menu/tags/5.5.18/public/js/is-highlight.js#L23
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: 'https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/add-search-to-menu/tags/5.5.19'
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c245eedf-e5ce-4ac2-ac59-e9cb1dc58449?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-10-03T15:36:24.887130Z'
epss: 0.00211
epssPercentile: 0.10313
ingestedAt: '2026-10-03T02:37:32.156Z'
---

## Overview

The Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 's' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.5.18 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Exploitation requires that the targeted search form has the 'Highlight Search Terms' option enabled by an administrator, and that the malicious search query returns at least one post result.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.