CVE-2025-14298

The FiboSearch – Ajax Search for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's `thegem_te_search` shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.32.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This vulnerability requires TheGem theme (premium) to be installed with Header Builder mode enabled, and the FiboSearch "Replace search bars" option enabled for TheGem integration.

CVSS v3 5.4 MEDIUM

5.4^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.3 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ajax-search-for-woocommerce/tags/1.32.0/partials/themes/thegem-elementor.php#L104
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ajax-search-for-woocommerce/tags/1.32.0/partials/themes/thegem-elementor.php#L94
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3420841%40ajax-search-for-woocommerce%2Ftrunk&old=3398612%40ajax-search-for-woocommerce%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file136
https://wordpress.org/plugins/ajax-search-for-woocommerce
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8149103e-105d-401d-8a15-b07d131baaac?source=cve

Configurations

No configuration.

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-12-20 09:15

Updated : 2025-12-23 14:51

NVD link : CVE-2025-14298

Mitre link : CVE-2025-14298

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-14298

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-79

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

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