The plugin provides an Admin Search page that allows users with the `edit_posts` capability to run Relevanssi searches from the WordPress dashboard. The AJAX handler accepts a URL-encoded `args` parameter, parses it into a `WP_Query`, and then passes user-controlled taxonomy query data into Relevanssi's taxonomy restriction builder. The taxonomy value is sanitized as text but is not parameterized for SQL before being interpolated into a term taxonomy lookup query. This allows an authenticated contributor-level attacker to inject SQL through the Admin Search AJAX request and execute time-based blind SQL injection against the WordPress database.
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Wed, 05 Aug 2026 10:45:00 +0000
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Comesio relevanssi – A Better Search Relevanssi Relevanssi relevanssi Premium – A Better Search Wordpress Wordpress wordpress |
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Comesio relevanssi – A Better Search Relevanssi Relevanssi relevanssi Premium – A Better Search Wordpress Wordpress wordpress |
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 05:30:00 +0000
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| Description | The plugin provides an Admin Search page that allows users with the `edit_posts` capability to run Relevanssi searches from the WordPress dashboard. The AJAX handler accepts a URL-encoded `args` parameter, parses it into a `WP_Query`, and then passes user-controlled taxonomy query data into Relevanssi's taxonomy restriction builder. The taxonomy value is sanitized as text but is not parameterized for SQL before being interpolated into a term taxonomy lookup query. This allows an authenticated contributor-level attacker to inject SQL through the Admin Search AJAX request and execute time-based blind SQL injection against the WordPress database. | |
| Title | Relevanssi <= 4.27.1 and Relevanssi Premium <= 2.30.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-89 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Wordfence
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-05T05:27:37.308Z
Reserved: 2026-07-16T08:59:41.548Z
Link: CVE-2026-15941
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Updated: 2026-08-05T10:18:31Z
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