Relevanssi – A Better Search: A security weakness
Relevanssi – A Better Search is affected by a security weakness. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Relevanssi – A Better Search
- Plugin slug
relevanssi- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Aug 16, 2024
This CVE was published Aug 16, 2024 and is one of 14 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Relevanssi – A Better Search to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Relevanssi – A Better Search plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 4.22.2 (Free) and 2.25.1 (Premium) via the relevanssi_do_query() due to insufficient limitations on the posts that are returned when searching. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract potentially sensitive information from password protected posts.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N