CVE-2026-95598 PUBLISHED

WordPress Search in Place plugin <= 1.5.5 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Assigner: Patchstack
Reserved: 22.09.2026 Published: 09.10.2026 Updated: 09.10.2026

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in codepeople Search in Place search-in-place allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Search in Place: from n/a through 1.5.5.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS Score: 7.1

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Changed
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	Low
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	Low
User Interaction	Required	Availability Impact	Low

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	codepeople
Product	Search in Place
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 0 to 1.5.5 (incl.)

Solutions

Update the WordPress Search in Place plugin to the latest available version (at least 1.5.6).

Credits

Nixxies | Patchstack Bug Bounty Program finder

References

https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/search-in-place/vulnerability/wordpress-search-in-place-plugin-1-5-5-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Problem Types

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

Impacts

Reflected XSS