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CVE-2026-19985

MEDIUM 6.1

Relevanssi <= 4.28.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

CVSS Score
6.1
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

The Relevanssi – A Better Search plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 4.28.1 via the 's', 'post_types', and 'orderby' request parameters. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the relevanssi_debug_array() function in lib/debug.php, which dumps user-supplied query variables through print_r() inside a <pre> block without HTML escaping. The debug path is enabled by supplying the relevanssi_debug=on request parameter when the administrator has previously enabled the 'Debugging mode' setting; the gate itself is a configuration check with no capability, nonce, or logged-in check (the vendor explicitly suppresses nonce verification on that line). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a specially crafted link.

CWE CWE-79
Vendor comesio
Product relevanssi – a better search
Published Sep 11, 2026
Last Updated Sep 11, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Affected Versions

comesio / Relevanssi – A Better Search
0 ≤ 4.28.1

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d07fe28c-f76e-42b2-b894-be316004235a?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/relevanssi/tags/4.27.2/lib/search.php#L132 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/relevanssi/tags/4.27.2/lib/search.php#L143 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/relevanssi/tags/4.28.1/lib/debug.php#L68 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/relevanssi/tags/4.28.1/lib/search.php#L132 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/relevanssi/tags/4.28.1/lib/search.php#L143 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/relevanssi/tags/4.28.1/lib/debug.php#L27 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/relevanssi/tags/4.28.1/lib/search.php#L562 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/relevanssi/tags/4.27.2/lib/debug.php#L68 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/relevanssi/tags/4.27.2/lib/debug.php#L27 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/relevanssi/tags/4.27.2/lib/search.php#L562 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3650355%40relevanssi%2Ftrunk&old=3529670%40relevanssi%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

Credits

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