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

EPSS Score

15% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

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

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Jack Taylor
.
The Cyber Security Vulnerability Database.