Known vulnerabilities in Ajax Search Lite – Live Search & Filter

The Best Ajax Live Search and Filter for WordPress. Live suggestions, Custom Post types, Custom fields, Categories, WooCommerce & Elementor support

12Reported vulnerabilities

8.8Highest CVSS score

4.14.5Latest version

80,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update Ajax Search Lite – Live Search & Filter to 4.14.5 or later. 12 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: July 30, 2026 / Tested up to WordPress: 7.0.4 / View on wordpress.org

Reported vulnerabilities

Ordered by how urgently they need attention — whether a vulnerability is actually being exploited, and how likely exploitation is, rather than CVSS severity alone.

CVE	Severity	Exploit probability next 30 days	Affected versions	Fixed in	Published
CVE-2023-1420	Medium 6.1	0.5%	0 up to (but not including) 4.11.1 0 up to (but not including) 4.26.2	`4.11.1`	April 24, 2023
WF-6c439914-1d5a-4607-8e5c-9279fa3b462c	High 8.8	—	Before 3.11	`3.11`	March 26, 2015
CVE-2026-28139	High 8.1	0.4%	4.14.4 and earlier	`4.14.5`	August 4, 2026
CVE-2026-16258	High 8.1	0.5%	4.14.4 and earlier	`4.14.5`	August 3, 2026
CVE-2025-48086	Medium 6.6	0.2%	4.13.3 and earlier	`4.13.4`	October 21, 2025
CVE-2024-21752	Medium 6.1	0.2%	4.11.4 and earlier	`4.11.5`	January 4, 2024
CVE-2024-7084	Medium 5.5	0.4%	4.12 and earlier	`4.12.1`	July 16, 2024
CVE-2025-7956	Medium 5.3	0.3%	0 to 4.13.1 (inclusive)	`4.13.2`	August 28, 2025
CVE-2024-13585	Medium 4.4	0.4%	4.12.4 and earlier	`4.12.5`	January 31, 2025
CVE-2024-10568	Medium 4.4	0.4%	4.12.3 and earlier	`4.12.4`	November 21, 2024
CVE-2024-8619	Medium 4.4	0.4%	4.12.1 and earlier	`4.12.2`	August 2, 2024
CVE-2022-38456	Medium 4.3	0.6%	4.10.3 and earlier	`4.11`	February 6, 2023

Sources: vulnerability records from NVD, exploitation from CISA KEV, exploit probability from EPSS. Affected versions come from CPE ranges or from the reporting CNA.