Relevanssi <= 4.24.3 (Free) and <= 2.27.4 (Premium) - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Search Highlights
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The Relevanssi – A Better Search plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the highlights functionality in all versions up to, and including, 4.24.3 (Free) and <= 2.27.4 (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 via the search results.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-4054
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fhf5-p55m-mr5q
References
Other 5
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6f77f10b-f142-4859-a941-0fbde6ef7fdb?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/relevanssi/tags/4.24.3/lib/excerpts-highlights.php#L683
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/relevanssi/tags/4.24.3/lib/excerpts-highlights.php#L508
- https://www.relevanssi.com/user-manual/installing-relevanssi-and-adjusting-the-settings/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3283795/
More comesio vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-06585 Relevanssi (Free < 4.22.0, Premium < 2.25.0) - Unauthenticated Private/Draft Post Disclosure CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2024-01287 Missing authorization in comesio Relevanssi Premium CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2024-08374 Relevanssi < 4.23.1 - Contributor+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2024-03012 Relevanssi – A Better Search <= 4.22.1 - Unauthenticated Second Order CSV Injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-03923 Relevanssi <= 4.24.4 (Free) and <= 2.27.5 (Premium) - Unauthenticated SQL Injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2024-03011 Relevanssi – A Better Search <= 4.22.1 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Count Option Update CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
Sources
- CVE-2025-4054 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-4054 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fhf5-p55m-mr5q · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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