Known vulnerabilities in SearchWP Live Ajax Search

Template powered live search for any WordPress theme. Does not require SearchWP, but will utilize it if available.

2Reported vulnerabilities

9.1Highest CVSS score

1.8.8Latest version

50,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update SearchWP Live Ajax Search to 1.6.3 or later. 2 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: August 8, 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-2022-2535	Medium 5.3	1.9%	Before 1.6.2	`1.6.2`	August 15, 2022
CVE-2022-3227	Critical 9.1	—	1.0 to 1.6.2 (inclusive)	`1.6.3`	September 15, 2022

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