We are always interested when automated tools are able to detect real vulnerabilities in WordPress plugins so a recent post on the WordPress Support Forum got our attention as it was claimed that Qualys had detected a SQL injection vulnerability in Better Search. Checking the proof of concept provided we could see that there was in fact that vulnerability in the plugin. Somewhat troublingly the developer’s response so far has been the following:

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This post provides insights on a vulnerability in the WordPress plugin Better Search not discovered by us, where the discoverer hadn't provided the details needed for us to confirm the vulnerability while we were adding it to the data set for our service, so the rest of its contents are limited to subscribers of our service.

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