Plugins · yith-woocommerce-ajax-search · data as of 2026-11-04
Is YITH WooCommerce Ajax Search safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version
- Latest version
- 2.30.0
- Last updated
- 2026-10-29
- Active installs
- 30,000+
- Known issues on record
- 4
- Unpatched in latest
- 0
- Tested up to WP
- 7.1.4 · PHP 7.4+
YITH WooCommerce Ajax Search allows your users to search products in real time. — by YITHEMES
What to do
- Update to the latest version (2.30.0). Anything older than 2.28.1 has at least one known issue listed below. Dashboard → Updates, or Plugins → “update now”.
- If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can.
- Turn on auto-updates for it: Plugins → “Enable auto-updates” on its row.
- If you ran a vulnerable version and something looks off (spam pages, strange admins, redirects), run the free scan.
With WP-CLI: wp plugin get yith-woocommerce-ajax-search --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update yith-woocommerce-ajax-search updates it.
Check your version
Known vulnerabilities
4 on record, newest first. “Affected” is the version range the source gives; “fixed in” is the version the source names, or (marked *) the first wordpress.org release after the last affected version.
high 7.1 CVE-2026-96352 · published 2026-09-30
Cross-site scripting (XSS) in YITH WooCommerce Ajax Search (2.28.0 and older)
- Affected
- 2.28.0 and older
- Fixed in
- 2.28.1
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Unauthenticated Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in YITH WooCommerce Ajax Search <= 2.28.0 versions.
critical 9.3 CVE-2024-47350 · published 2024-10-06
SQL injection in YITH WooCommerce Ajax Search (2.8.0 and older)
- Affected
- 2.8.0 and older
- Fixed in
- 2.8.1
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in YITHEMES YITH WooCommerce Ajax Search yith-woocommerce-ajax-search.This issue affects YITH WooCommerce Ajax Search: from n/a through <= 2.8.0.
medium 5.4 CVE-2024-7846 · published 2024-09-23
Cross-site scripting (XSS) in YITH WooCommerce Ajax Search (older than 2.7.1)
- Affected
- older than 2.7.1
- Fixed in
- 2.7.1
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by CISA ADP
Details from the advisory
YITH WooCommerce Ajax Search is vulnerable to a XSS vulnerability due to insufficient sanitization of user supplied block attributes. This makes it possible for Contributors+ attackers to inject arbitrary scripts.
medium 6.1 CVE-2024-4455 · published 2024-05-24
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in YITH WooCommerce Ajax Search (2.4.0 and older)
- Affected
- 2.4.0 and older
- Fixed in
- 2.5.1 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
The YITH WooCommerce Ajax Search plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘item’ parameter in versions up to, and including, 2.4.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
NVD CVE-2024-4455Wordfence advisoryCode change (fix)Plugin source
Recent activity
- 2026-10-29 — latest release on wordpress.org (2.30.0).
- 2026-09-30 — Cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2026-96352), fixed in 2.28.1.
- 2024-10-06 — SQL injection disclosed (CVE-2024-47350), fixed in 2.8.1.
- 2024-09-23 — Cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2024-7846), fixed in 2.7.1.
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Browse vulnerabilities
- Published this week
- Unpatched in the latest version
- By type of vulnerability
- Plugins by YITHEMES (13 tracked)
Types found in this plugin: Cross-site scripting (XSS) (3) · SQL injection (1)
Where this data comes from
- Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/yith-woocommerce-ajax-search (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-04.
- Vulnerabilities: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-04. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- Each record links to its CVE page and to the original advisory (Wordfence, Patchstack or WPScan) where there is one. We only list a CVE here when its references or its advisory name this exact plugin, so a few real issues may be missing; none should be about a different plugin. Spot an error? Email Daniel.
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