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CVE-2026-2837: Ricerca (WordPress plugin) · Cross-site Scripting

Affects Ricerca (WordPress plugin)Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 4.4 Medium.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 11:52 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
4.4Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 5% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 21 Mar 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 30 Oct 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
systemsrtkRicerca – advanced searchAffected
  • <=1.1.12
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Security teams should monitor the vendor's advisory channels for updates. Until a fix is available, restrict administrator access to trusted users only and consider limiting use of the Ricerca – advanced search plugin in multi-site environments or where unfiltered_html is disabled. Applying strict input validation and output escaping manually, if feasible, may reduce risk but is not a guaranteed mitigation.

Description

The Ricerca – advanced search plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via plugin's settings in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.12 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.

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