SQL Injection Vulnerability in Relevanssi Search Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2025-4396

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor: WordPress
Status: Relevanssi – A Better Search (pro); Relevanssi – A Better Search
Vendor: CVE Published:; 13 May 2025

What is CVE-2025-4396?

The Relevanssi – A Better Search plugin for WordPress presents a vulnerability that allows time-based SQL injection through the cats and tags query parameters. This issue affects all versions up to and including 4.24.4 for free and 2.27.4 for premium users. The vulnerability arises from inadequate data sanitation on user-supplied inputs, as well as insufficient preparation of existing SQL queries. As a result, unauthenticated attackers can manipulate SQL queries, potentially retrieving sensitive information from the database without the need for authentication.

Affected Version(s)

Relevanssi – A Better Search * <= 4.24.4

Relevanssi – A Better Search (Pro) * <= 2.27.4

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/relevanssi/tag...

CVSS V3.1

Score:

7.5

Severity:

HIGH

Confidentiality:

High

Integrity:

None

Availability:

High

Attack Vector:

Network

Attack Complexity:

Low

Privileges Required:

None

User Interaction:

None

Scope:

Unchanged

Timeline

Vulnerability published
May 13, 2025
Vulnerability Reserved
May 6, 2025

Credit

Jack Taylor