CVE-2026-1053

Ivory Search <= 5.5.13 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'menu_gcse' and 'nothing_found_text' Parameters

The Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 5.5.13 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.

We have discovered 33,637 live websites that are affected by CVE-2026-1053.

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Affected Software

Product  Ivory Search
Category Wordpress Plugins
Vulnerable Domains33,637 live websites (100% of Ivory Search install base)
Vulnerable Versions
  • from 0 through 5.5.13
Vulnerable Versions Count56 versions ( 100% of all versions)


Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')



Details

  • Published - Jan 28, 2026
  • Updated - Jan 28, 2026

Credits

  • JongHwan Shin (finder)

Website Distribution by Country

Number of websites using CVE-2026-1053
United States11,354 websites


Germany3,132 websites
France1,814 websites
GB1,648 websites
Italy1,369 websites
Netherlands992 websites
Brazil930 websites
Spain872 websites
Canada870 websites
Poland773 websites

Website Distribution by TLD

Number of websites using CVE-2026-1053
.com13,059 websites
.org2,880 websites
.de1,810 websites
.it985 websites
.nl867 websites
.co.uk856 websites
.fr849 websites
.net714 websites
.com.br589 websites
.pl564 websites

Vulnerable Versions

Vulnerable versions are highlighted in red

Websites affected by CVE-2026-1053

Top websites that are affected by CVE-2026-1053. Please click on the "Contact us" link to get more information.
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***********.org Singapore**,***
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************.vn Vietnam**,***
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FAQ

CVE-2026-1053 is Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in Ivory Search
A total of 33,637 websites have been identified as vulnerable to CVE-2026-1053, based on global website indexing conducted by WebTechSurvey.
The Ivory Search is affected by the CVE-2026-1053 vulnerability.
Ivory Search versions up to and including 5.5.13 are vulnerable to CVE-2026-1053.