CVE-2024-3213 (GCVE-0-2024-3213)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-04-09 18:59
Modified
2026-04-08 17:30
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
Summary
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.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Relevanssi Relevanssi Premium Version: 0   ≤ 2.25.1
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