CVE-2026-16258 [CRITICAL] – The Ajax Search Lite WordPress plugin before 4.14.5 does not prevent the deserialization

The Ajax Search Lite WordPress plugin before 4.14.5 does not prevent the deserialization of untrusted input, allowing unauthenticated attackers to perform PHP Object Injection. When a suitable POP chain is present via another installed Ajax Search Lite WordPress plugin before 4.14.5 or , this can be leveraged to achieve Remote Code Execution.