CVE-2012-5853: Vinojcardoza AJAX Post Search

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

SQL injection vulnerability in the "the_search_function" function in cardoza_ajax_search.php in the AJAX Post Search (cardoza-ajax-search) plugin before 1.3 for WordPress allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the srch_txt parameter in a "the_search_text" action to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php.

Affected products

• Vinojcardoza AJAX Post Search: before 1.3 (fixed in 1.3)

Published 2015-01-08. Last modified 2026-06-16.