VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2026-16258
CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability0.85%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-08-07
Last modified2026-08-26
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
The Ajax Search Lite WordPress plugin before 4.14.5 does not prevent the deserialization of untrusted input, allowing unauthenticated attackers to perform PHP Object Injection. When a suitable POP chain is present via another installed Ajax Search Lite WordPress plugin before 4.14.5 or , this can be leveraged to achieve Remote Code Execution.
Weakness classification
- CWE-502: Deserialization of Untrusted Data