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Relevanssi <= 4.0.4 — Cross-Site Scripting

CVE-2018-9034Published · Updated

Action summary

Affected: ≤4.0.4Update to 4.0.5 or newer

All remediation steps
Watch plugin
Severity
Medium5.4
CVSS
5.4
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
What does this vector mean?
AV:N Attack vector
Network
AC:L Attack complexity
Low
PR:L Privileges required
Low
UI:R User interaction
Required
S:C Scope
Changed
C:L Confidentiality
Low
I:L Integrity
Low
A:N Availability
None
Weakness
CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting
Required access
Unknown
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
No score
CISA KEV
Not listed
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Am I affected?

Relevanssi – A Better Search relevanssi

  1. Affected≤ 4.0.4
  2. Patched in4.0.5

Update to 4.0.5 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 4.0.4. Version 4.0.5 and later are not affected by this issue.

  • Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Relevanssi – A Better Search.
  • No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.

What to do

  1. Update to version 4.0.5, or a newer patched version
  2. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
  3. Watch Relevanssi – A Better Search to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence.

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in lib/interface.php of the Relevanssi plugin 4.0.4 for WordPress allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript or HTML via the tab GET parameter.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

More in Relevanssi – A Better Search

All 22
More vulnerabilities in Relevanssi – A Better Search
SeverityVulnerabilityCVEPublished
High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Content via Late Entity Decode
≤4.28.5Update to 4.28.6
CVE-2026-116522
Medium6.6Authenticated (Editor+) PHP Object Injection
≤4.28.4Update to 4.28.5
CVE-2026-114704
High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Content
≤4.28.3Update to 4.28.4
CVE-2026-97641
Medium6.1Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
≤4.28.1Update to 4.28.2
CVE-2026-19985
Medium6.5Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection
≤2.30.2Update to 2.30.3
CVE-2026-15941

Same weakness (Cross-Site Scripting)

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High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment User-Agent Header
EZ SQL Reports Shortcode Widget and DB Backup≤5.25.25Update to 5.26.45
CVE-2026-120688
Critical9.8Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload via File Upload via Public Form Submission
Chatterbug Forms – Fast, Flexible WordPress Form Builder≤1.0.2Update to 1.1
CVE-2026-125055
Critical9.8Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection to Remote Code Execution via 'form' Parameter
ELEX WordPress HelpDesk & Customer Ticketing System≤3.3.9Update to 3.4.0
CVE-2026-119077
Medium5.3Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure in 'search' Parameter
Customer Reviews for WooCommerce≤5.127.0Update to 5.128.0
CVE-2026-121518

Timeline

  1. CVE published

    Severity medium, CVSS 5.4

  2. Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Wordfence record
Vulnerability data
Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
CVE® identifiers
[object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
CVSS / CWE
National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
VulnCrest content
Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.

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