# Relevanssi – A Better Search

> Relevanssi replaces the default search with a partial-match search that sorts results by relevance. It also indexes comments and shortcode content.

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## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `relevanssi`
- Author: Christoph Vielgrader
- Version: 4.28.8
- Active installs: 100,000+
- Last update: 2026-10-30 (15 days ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 7.1.4 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 4.9, PHP 7.1
- Tags: better search, product search, relevance, search, woocommerce search
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/relevanssi/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 15 days ago.
- OK: Tested with WordPress 7.1.
- OK: Runs on any PHP WordPress supports (PHP 7.4+).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Breaking ↔ Smooth, Slow ↔ Responsive, Paywalled ↔ Generous, Cluttered ↔ Clean, Locked in ↔ Portable, Behind ↔ Current.

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2026-10-31 HIGH: Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Content via Late Entity Decode (up to 4.28.5). CVE-2026-116522, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/442403ae-9011-4373-a363-e98e07ec7e9b?source=api-prod
- 2026-10-24 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Editor+) PHP Object Injection (up to 4.28.4). CVE-2026-114704, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d92063a0-234a-4538-a471-112154f5f7fc?source=api-prod
- 2026-10-02 HIGH: Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Content (up to 4.28.3). CVE-2026-97641, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/47751ff1-2f22-4335-8e75-7ff1b6214426?source=api-prod
- 2026-09-11 MEDIUM: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (up to 4.28.1). CVE-2026-19985, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d07fe28c-f76e-42b2-b894-be316004235a?source=api-prod
- 2026-08-04 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection (up to 4.27.1). CVE-2026-15941, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4f96b87a-1405-4cf6-b903-ad0c7c8e2826?source=api-prod
- 2025-12-17 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection (before 4.26.0). WF-425b4f6d-9f13-4aa7-bc97-d6c221d234ca-1, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/425b4f6d-9f13-4aa7-bc97-d6c221d234ca?source=api-prod
- 2025-05-30 MEDIUM: Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Excerpt Highlights (up to 4.24.5). CVE-2025-5016, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ffb2ade3-d5ce-4459-ab83-e28cd4c84922?source=api-prod
- 2025-05-12 HIGH: Unauthenticated SQL Injection (up to 4.24.4). CVE-2025-4396, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/197be163-4504-4caa-b729-c3293463cfb5?source=api-prod
- 2025-05-06 MEDIUM: Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Search Highlights (up to 4.24.3). CVE-2025-4054, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6f77f10b-f142-4859-a941-0fbde6ef7fdb?source=api-prod
- 2024-09-17 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 4.23.0). WF-049ec60a-fa84-4c03-a766-7f2a56e5295a-1, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/049ec60a-fa84-4c03-a766-7f2a56e5295a?source=api-prod
- 2024-08-15 MEDIUM: Unauthenticated Information Exposure (up to 4.22.2). CVE-2024-7630, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3fa78f4e-ede2-4863-a2d7-99bd8c7b5912?source=api-prod
- 2024-04-04 MEDIUM: Unauthenticated Second Order CSV Injection (up to 4.22.1). CVE-2024-3214, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9960bae9-6f19-49eb-8f24-fdde4933671e?source=api-prod
- 2024-04-04 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Count Option Update (up to 4.22.1). CVE-2024-3213, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e625130f-8e21-4baf-9d3c-4cbb806b9e52?source=api-prod
- 2024-02-22 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Query Log Export (up to 4.22.0). CVE-2024-1380, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7b2a3b17-0551-4e02-8e6a-ae8d46da0ef8?source=api-prod
- 2024-01-04 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization to Unauthorized Post Access (up to 4.21.2). WF-9f6df8cf-6f64-46b9-ab83-3898484c2679-1, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9f6df8cf-6f64-46b9-ab83-3898484c2679?source=api-prod
- 2022-02-15 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization (before 4.14.6). WF-3cd02dbc-6725-4626-844b-df12bad9da37-1, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3cd02dbc-6725-4626-844b-df12bad9da37?source=api-prod
- 2021-10-19 HIGH: A Better Search Free & Premium <= 2.16.3 & 4.14.3 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting (before 4.14.3). WF-8e12d132-c036-4665-bb8d-e31e2b155fbd-1, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8e12d132-c036-4665-bb8d-e31e2b155fbd?source=api-prod
- 2018-04-10 HIGH: Authenticated (Admin+) SQL Injection (before 3.6.1). WF-69fd1068-4bbd-4e8a-9d35-5e9a072c72e1, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/69fd1068-4bbd-4e8a-9d35-5e9a072c72e1?source=api-prod
- 2018-03-30 MEDIUM: Cross-Site Scripting (up to 4.0.4). CVE-2018-9034, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/592867de-17b5-4461-a479-ecfbbef55a0b?source=api-prod
- 2017-02-28 MEDIUM: Stored Cross-Site Scripting (before 3.5.8). CVE-2017-1000038, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/624a87c7-d43e-48d5-8489-d4f7b3ea10da?source=api-prod
- 2015-01-03 MEDIUM: Cross-Site Scripting (before 3.3.8). CVE-2014-9443, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e8a864ff-2c0e-40c3-8c4e-dc034d8838b9?source=api-prod
- 2014-02-25 CRITICAL: SQL Injection (up to 3.3). WF-4b8d057b-1909-46d4-8e0a-d5c7c9f7001c, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4b8d057b-1909-46d4-8e0a-d5c7c9f7001c?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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