CVE-2025-5016
4.7
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
The Relevanssi – A Better Search plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Excerpt Highlights in all versions up to, and including, 4.24.5 (Free) and 2.27.6 (Premium) due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Relevanssi | Relevanssi Premium | 0 <= 2.27.6 | affected |
| comesio | Relevanssi – A Better Search | 0 <= 4.24.5 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-79: CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
ADP Enrichment
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical Impact: partial
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ffb2ade3-d5ce-4459-ab83-e28cd4c84922?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/relevanssi/tags/4.24.5/lib/excerpts-highlights.php#L418
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