What is CVE-2025-5016?

CVE-2025-5016 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Comesio Relevanssi – A Better Search, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2025-05-31.

How severe is CVE-2025-5016?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.

XSS in Comesio Relevanssi – A Better Search

CVE-2025-5016

The Relevanssi – A Better Search plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Excerpt Highlights in all versions up to, and including, 4.24.5 (Free) and 2.27.6 (Premium) due to insufficient input sanitization a…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.004 (58.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Comesio Relevanssi – A Better Search — versions 0
Relevanssi Premium — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-5016?: CVE-2025-5016 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Comesio Relevanssi – A Better Search, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2025-05-31.
How severe is CVE-2025-5016?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.