CVE-2025-5016

MEDIUM EPSS 9.6%
Published May 31, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
4.7 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published May 31, 2025 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

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.

CVSS Details

Base Score
4.7
Exploitability
1.6
Impact
2.7
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low
Availability None

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
9.6% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-79 Cross-site Scripting Injection

References 2

  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/relevanssi/tags/4.24.5/lib/excerpts-highlights.php#L418
  • wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ffb2ade3-d5ce-4459-ab83-e28cd4c84922?source=cve

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.