What is GHSA-m7vw-4232-p79x?

GHSA-m7vw-4232-p79x is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Critical severity. The Ajax Search Lite WordPress plugin before 4.14.5 does not prevent the deserialization of...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-m7vw-4232-p79x cover?

GHSA-m7vw-4232-p79x covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-16258. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-m7vw-4232-p79x?

GHSA-m7vw-4232-p79x has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-m7vw-4232-p79xCriticalCVSS 9.8

The Ajax Search Lite WordPress plugin before 4.14.5 does not prevent the deserialization of...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 7, 2026

Last Modified

August 7, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-16258 →

📋 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.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16258
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8487a2ce-cb4d-46b8-942e-334ac94cf115
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m7vw-4232-p79x