WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Better Search < 4.2.2 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Description

The Better Search plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 4.2.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 4.2.2

References

Classification

Type
XSS
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Peter Thaleikis
Verified
No

Timeline

Publicly Published
2025-11-22 (about 5 months ago)
Added
2026-02-09 (about 3 months ago)
Last Updated
2026-02-09 (about 3 months ago)

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