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WordPress WP-Advanced-Search <= 3.3.3 — Unauthenticated Database Export

b71e6219-09cc-484e-8c48-536797d974cePublished · Updated

Action summary

Affected: ≤3.3.3Update to 3.3.4 or newer

All remediation steps
Watch plugin
Severity
High8.6
CVSS
8.6
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
What does this vector mean?
AV:N Attack vector
Network
AC:L Attack complexity
Low
PR:N Privileges required
None
UI:N User interaction
None
S:C Scope
Changed
C:H Confidentiality
High
I:N Integrity
None
A:N Availability
None
Weakness
CWE-200 Information Exposure
Required access
No account needed
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
No score
CISA KEV
Not listed
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Am I affected?

WordPress WP-Advanced-Search wp-advanced-search

  1. Affected≤ 3.3.3
  2. Patched in3.3.4

Update to 3.3.4 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 3.3.3. Version 3.3.4 and later are not affected by this issue.

  • Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under WordPress WP-Advanced-Search.
  • No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
  • No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.

What to do

  1. Update to version 3.3.4, or a newer patched version
  2. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
  3. Watch WordPress WP-Advanced-Search to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Florian Hauser.

The WordPress WP-Advanced-Search plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthenticated database export in versions up to, and including, 3.3.3 via the WP_Advanced_Search_Export() function which makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to export a vulnerable site's entire database. This is due to the WP_Advanced_Search_Export() function being hooked via an admin_post_nopriv action that is available to all users.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

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High7.2Authenticated (Admin+) Arbitrary File Upload
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Medium4.4Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤3.3.9.2Update to 3.3.9.3
CVE-2024-10554
High7.5Unauthenticated SQL Injection
≤3.3.9Update to 3.3.9.2
CVE-2024-9796
Medium4.3Cross-Site Request Forgery leading to Plugin Settings Updates
≤3.3.8Update to 3.3.9
CVE-2022-47447
High8.8SQL Injection
≤3.3.6Update to 3.3.7
CVE-2020-12104

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Timeline

  1. CVE published

    Severity high, CVSS 8.6

  2. Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Vulnerability data
Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
CVSS / CWE
National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
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Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.

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