CVE-2025-4054

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.

CVSS v3 6.1 MEDIUM

6.1^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/relevanssi/tags/4.24.3/lib/excerpts-highlights.php#L508
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/relevanssi/tags/4.24.3/lib/excerpts-highlights.php#L683
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3283795/
https://www.relevanssi.com/user-manual/installing-relevanssi-and-adjusting-the-settings/
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6f77f10b-f142-4859-a941-0fbde6ef7fdb?source=cve

Configurations

No configuration.

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-05-07 03:15

Updated : 2026-06-17 09:32

NVD link : CVE-2025-4054

Mitre link : CVE-2025-4054

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-4054

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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