CVE-2025-63069
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedMissing Authorization vulnerability in Vinod Dalvi Ivory Search add-search-to-menu allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Ivory Search: from n/a through <= 5.5.12.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceMissing authorization in the Ivory Search WordPress plugin's add-search-to-menu functionality allows unauthenticated or lower-privileged users to perform actions that should require higher-level capabilities, exploiting incorrectly configured access control security levels.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm Ivory Search plugin is installedIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and locate Ivory Search, or check the plugins directory for the ivory-search folder and read its main PHP file for the version numberAffected if The plugin is present and active on the WordPress site
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Identify the installed Ivory Search versionCheck the plugin file header in ivory-search/ivory-search.php for the 'Version' field, or view the plugin in the WordPress plugins list which displays the versionAffected if The version is within the affected range (prior to the fix containing proper capability checks)
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Verify add-search-to-menu functionality is in useCheck if any WordPress menu contains an Ivory Search search form element: go to Appearance > Menus and inspect each menu for an 'Add Search' item or ivory-search shortcode integrationAffected if The add-search-to-menu feature is enabled or the plugin has created search menu items
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Confirm WordPress user registration is open or low-privileged users existIn WordPress admin under Settings > General, check if 'Anyone can register' is enabled, or review existing user roles to see if subscriber-level accounts existAffected if The site allows new user registration (any role) or has existing low-privilege users
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Test for exposed AJAX endpoints without capability checksInspect the ivory-search plugin AJAX handlers (typically in ajax.php or within the main plugin file) and look for menu-related actions that lack current_user_can() verification before processing requestsAffected if AJAX endpoints for menu operations accept requests without verifying user capabilities
A user is affected if Ivory Search is installed with a vulnerable version, the add-search-to-menu feature is active, and the site has unauthenticated access or low-privilege users who could exploit missing authorization checks on menu-related functions.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate Ivory Search to the latest version which should contain proper capability/authorization checks, or add current_user_can() verification to all menu-related functions and AJAX endpoints in the plugin.
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- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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