cve-2025-5016
HIGH vulncheck_kev
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.
Timeline
- Published
- 2026-10-13 00:00 UTC
- Last Modified
- 2026-10-13
CVSS Details
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Affected Products
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References
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Linked Vulnerabilities
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"datePublished": "2026-10-13T00:00:00Z",
"dateUpdated": "2026-10-13T00:00:00Z",
"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.",
"dueDate": "",
"id": "CVE-2025-5016",
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"knownRansomwareCampaignUse": "Unknown",
"product": "relevanssi",
"requiredAction": "Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.",
"severity": "HIGH",
"source": "vulncheck_kev",
"title": "relevanssi relevanssi Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation",
"vendor": "relevanssi"
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