Medium severity · published Aug 5, 2026
CVE-2026-15941
Relevanssi <= 4.27.1 and Relevanssi Premium <= 2.30.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection
6.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 35% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RP
Relevanssi Premium – A Better Search · Relevanssi
through 2.30.2 · source: vendor
RA
Relevanssi – A Better Search · comesio
through 4.27.1 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-15941
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-15941
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/relevanssi/tags/4.27.1/lib/admin-ajax.php#L195
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/relevanssi/tags/4.27.1/lib/search-tax-query.php#L411
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/relevanssi/tags/4.27.1/lib/search.php#L969
www.wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4f96b87a-1405-4cf6-b903-ad0c7c8e2826?source=cve
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