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CVE-2026-15941 — Relevanssi – A Better Search [relevanssi] < 4.27.2

CVE Vulnerability Type Severity Affected Fixed in Published Status
CVE-2026-15941 Relevanssi – A Better Search [relevanssi] < 4.27.2 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') Medium 6.5 < 4.27.2 4.27.2 2026-08-04

CVE-2026-15941

A vulnerability in the plugin's Admin Search feature enables users with `edit_posts` permissions to perform Relevanssi searches from the WordPress dashboard using AJAX. The issue arises because user-controlled taxonomy data is sanitized but not properly parameterized before being used in a term taxonomy query, allowing an authenticated attacker at the contributor level to inject SQL and execute time-based blind SQL injection attacks against the database.

Based on public CVE data (MITRE/NVD).

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