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CVE-2026-15941

MEDIUM 6.5

Relevanssi <= 4.27.1 and Relevanssi Premium <= 2.30.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection

CVSS Score
6.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

The plugin provides an Admin Search page that allows users with the `edit_posts` capability to run Relevanssi searches from the WordPress dashboard. The AJAX handler accepts a URL-encoded `args` parameter, parses it into a `WP_Query`, and then passes user-controlled taxonomy query data into Relevanssi's taxonomy restriction builder. The taxonomy value is sanitized as text but is not parameterized for SQL before being interpolated into a term taxonomy lookup query. This allows an authenticated contributor-level attacker to inject SQL through the Admin Search AJAX request and execute time-based blind SQL injection against the WordPress database.

CWE CWE-89
Vendor relevanssi
Product relevanssi premium – a better search
Published Aug 5, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Affected Versions

Relevanssi / Relevanssi Premium – A Better Search
0 ≤ 2.30.2
comesio / Relevanssi – A Better Search
0 ≤ 4.27.1

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4f96b87a-1405-4cf6-b903-ad0c7c8e2826?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/relevanssi/tags/4.27.1/lib/search-tax-query.php#L411 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/relevanssi/tags/4.27.1/lib/admin-ajax.php#L195 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/relevanssi/tags/4.27.1/lib/search.php#L969

Credits

daroo