CVE-2018-7603: Search Autocomplete Project Search Autocomplete

Medium severity, CVSS 6.1. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In Drupal's 3rd party module search auto complete prior to versions 7.x-4.8 there is a Cross Site Scripting vulnerability. This Search Autocomplete module enables you to autocomplete textfield using data from your website (nodes, comments, etc.). The module doesn't sufficiently filter user-entered text among the autocompletion items leading to a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. This vulnerability can be exploited by any user allowed to create one of the autocompletion item, for instance, nodes, users, comments.

Affected products

• Search Autocomplete Project Search Autocomplete: before 7.x-4.8 (fixed in 7.x-4.8)

Published 2019-01-15. Last modified 2026-06-17.