The Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'menu_title' and 'menu_magnifier_color' Settings in all versions up to, and including, 5.5.15 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
CVE-2026-11356
MEDIUMPre-NVD 4.44.4—Trending — 3 sources updated this week
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence
Score 4.4 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-06-27. a secondary CVSS source baseline 4.4; sources differ by 0.0.
Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
4.4
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 4.4Exploit: NoneExposed: 0
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 4.4
- EG Score
- 4.4(high)
- EPSS
- 16.4%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
June 27, 2026
Last Modified
June 29, 2026
References (10)
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/add-search-to-menu/tags/5.5.14/admin/class-is-settings-fields.php#L249
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/add-search-to-menu/tags/5.5.14/public/class-is-public.php#L1199
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/add-search-to-menu/tags/5.5.14/public/class-is-public.php#L222
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/add-search-to-menu/tags/5.5.14/public/class-is-public.php#L263
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/add-search-to-menu/tags/5.5.15/admin/class-is-settings-fields.php#L249
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/add-search-to-menu/tags/5.5.15/public/class-is-public.php#L1199
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/add-search-to-menu/tags/5.5.15/public/class-is-public.php#L222
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/add-search-to-menu/tags/5.5.15/public/class-is-public.php#L263
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3583051%40add-search-to-menu&new=3583051%40add-search-to-menu&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- security@wordfencehttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ab004836-8362-46d6-acfc-80f582605b43?source=cve
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-11356(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 22× in last 7d / 34× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-06 08:17 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-06 08:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-05 10:08 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-05 10:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-04 12:02 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-04 12:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-03 13:55 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-03 13:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-02 15:49 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-02 15:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-01 17:42 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-01 17:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-01 15:06 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-01 15:06 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-30 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-30 19:36 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-06-30 19:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-06-29 21:29 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-06-29 21:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-06-29 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-06-28 23:22 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-06-28 23:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-06-28 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-06-28 01:15 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-06-28 01:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-06-27 03:08 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-06-27 03:08 UTCNVD updatefirst tracked
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Frequently asked(5)
What is CVE-2026-11356?
CVE-2026-11356 is a medium vulnerability published on June 27, 2026. The Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'menutitle' and 'menumagnifier_color' Settings in all versions up to, and including, 5.5.15 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for…
When was CVE-2026-11356 disclosed?
CVE-2026-11356 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 27, 2026, with the most recent update on June 29, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-11356 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-11356 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 16.4% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-11356?
CVE-2026-11356 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.4 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-11356?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-11356, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.
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