4.8

CVE-2025-5209: ivorysearch ivory_search Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 4.8v3.1MediumAnalyzed
Published 17-06-2025Last modified 17-06-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-5209 is a medium (CVSS 4.8) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in ivorysearch ivory_search. EPSS estimates a 0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
29/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.8/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.26%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 17-06-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 17-06-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Ivory Search WordPress plugin before 5.5.10 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.26%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

16%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.26% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.26%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (wpscan.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ivorysearch1 product
Unknown1 product
Wordpress1 product
  • add-search-to-menu≤ 5.5.9 (fixed in 5.5.10)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

2 links