CVE-2024-3213

MEDIUM

Relevanssi < 4.22.2 - Unauthenticated Denial of Service via relevanssi_update_counts()

Title source: llm

Description

The Relevanssi – A Better Search plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the relevanssi_update_counts() function in all versions up to, and including, 4.22.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute expensive queries on the application that could lead into DOS.

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

Patch

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/relevanssi/trunk/lib/admin-ajax.php#L443

Patch

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3064304/relevanssi/tags/4.22.2/lib/admin-ajax.php

Third Party Advisory

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e625130f-8e21-4baf-9d3c-4cbb806b9e52?source=cve

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3

EPSS 0.0081

EPSS Percentile 52.4%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-862

Status published

Products (3)

comesio/Relevanssi – A Better Search < 4.22.1

relevanssi/relevanssi < 4.22.2

Relevanssi/Relevanssi Premium < 2.25.1

Published Apr 09, 2024

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026