systemsrtk Ricerca Plugin up to 1.1.12 on WordPress Setting cross site scripting

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A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in systemsrtk Ricerca Plugin up to 1.1.12 on WordPress. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Setting Handler. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2026-2837. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in systemsrtk Ricerca Plugin up to 1.1.12 on WordPress and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was published by Muhammad Nur Ibnu Hubab. The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-2837 since 02/19/2026. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploitation requires an enhanced level of successful authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

Upgrading to version 1.1.12 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• systemsrtk

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• Ricerca Plugin

Version

• 1.1.0
• 1.1.1
• 1.1.2
• 1.1.3
• 1.1.4
• 1.1.5
• 1.1.6
• 1.1.7
• 1.1.8
• 1.1.9
• 1.1.10
• 1.1.11
• 1.1.12

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