Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 5, 2026· Updated Aug 12, 2026
CVE-2026-15941
CVE-2026-15941
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.
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Affected products
2- Range: <=2.30.2
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/relevanssi/tags/4.27.1/lib/admin-ajax.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/relevanssi/tags/4.27.1/lib/search-tax-query.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/relevanssi/tags/4.27.1/lib/search.phpnvd
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4f96b87a-1405-4cf6-b903-ad0c7c8e2826nvd
News mentions
1- Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (August 3, 2026 to August 9, 2026)Wordfence Blog · Aug 14, 2026