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WordPress Plugin Search 10 times faster with Elasticsearch or Apache Solr with lots of data-WPSOLR Cross-Site Scripting - CVE-2016-1000155 - Vulnerability Database
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WordPress Plugin Search 10 times faster with Elasticsearch or Apache Solr with lots of data-WPSOLR Cross-Site Scripting - CVE-2016-1000155

Medium
Reference: CVE-2016-1000155
NVD Link: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000155
Title: WordPress Plugin Search 10 times faster with Elasticsearch or Apache Solr with lots of data-WPSOLR Cross-Site Scripting
Overview:

WordPress Plugin Search 10 times faster with Elasticsearch or Apache Solr with lots of data-WPSOLR is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input. An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks. WordPress Plugin Search 10 times faster with Elasticsearch or Apache Solr with lots of data-WPSOLR version 8.6 is vulnerable prior versions may also be affected.