CVE-2025-7956 json
Ajax Search Lite <= 4.13.1 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Basic Information Exposure via ASL_Query in AJAX Search Handler
published last yr. modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2025-26081
- cvss
- 5.3
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.4%
- EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 30%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The Ajax Search Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Basic Information Exposure due to missing authorization in its AJAX search handler in all versions up to, and including, 4.13.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to issue repeated AJAX requests to leak the content of any protected post in rolling 100‑character windows.
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- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- last yr.
Exploit prediction
0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 30% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
Affected products
- wpdreams Ajax Search Lite – Live Search & Filter
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization
- Technology feeds
References
- wordfence.com /threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/daa9c3dd-e8cf-4696-bc0c-4088509f89db?source=cve
- wordpress.org /plugins/ajax-search-lite/#developers
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/ajax-search-lite/tags/4.13.1/includes/classes/ajax/class-asl-search.php#L37
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /changeset/3349881/
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-7956
- NVD CVE-2025-7956
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