Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published May 7, 2025· Updated Apr 15, 2026

CVE-2025-2821

Description

The Search Exclude plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the get_rest_permission function in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.9. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify plugin settings, excluding content from search results.

Affected products

WordPress/Search Excludeinferred2 versions
<=2.4.9+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <=2.4.9
- (no CPE)range: <=2.4.9
Package: https://wordpress.org/plugins/search-exclude

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/search-exclude/tags/2.4.6/lib/api/entities/settings/class-post.phpnvd
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3284798/nvd
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1f72a309-8ef8-4943-8e64-38bb7909397anvd

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