CVE-2025-23926: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

The TC Ajax WP Query Search Filter WordPress plugin contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting versions up to and including 1.0.7. The vulnerability was discovered and reported by SOPROBRO on December 28, 2024, and was publicly disclosed on January 16, 2025 (Patchstack).

The vulnerability is classified as an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (CWE-79) issue. It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 score of 6.5 (Medium) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L. The vulnerability requires contributor-level privileges to exploit (Patchstack).

If exploited, this vulnerability could allow malicious actors to inject malicious scripts, including redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the website. These injected scripts would be executed when visitors access the affected site (Patchstack).

The vulnerability requires contributor-level access to exploit and has been classified as having a low priority for patching. The attack complexity is considered low, requiring user interaction for successful exploitation (Patchstack).

Currently, there is no official fix available for this vulnerability. Given the low severity impact and unlikely exploitation probability, the vulnerability is considered to have a low patch priority (Patchstack).