Vulnerabilities and security researches forsearch-exclude search-exclude

Dec 11, 2025

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2025-10646
Home page URL: Security reports for Search Exclude
Application: Search Exclude
Date: Nov 25, 2025
Research Description: The Search Exclude plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a insufficient capability check on the Base::get_rest_permission() method in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to modify plugin settings, such as adding arbitrary posts to the search exclusion list.
Affected versions: max 2.5.8.
Status: vulnerable

May 07, 2025

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2025-2821
Home page URL: Security reports for Search Exclude
Application: Search Exclude
Date: May 07, 2025
Research 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 versions: max 2.5.0.
Status: vulnerable

Jun 06, 2024

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2019-15895
Home page URL: Security reports for Search Exclude
Application: Search Exclude
Date: Sep 09, 2019
Research Description: search-exclude.php in the "Search Exclude" plugin before 1.2.4 for WordPress allows unauthenticated options changes.
Affected versions: max 1.2.4.
Status: vulnerable

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2022-36282
Home page URL: Security reports for Search Exclude
Application: Search Exclude
Date: Aug 23, 2022
Research Description: Authenticated (editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Roman Pronskiy's Search Exclude plugin <= 1.2.6 at WordPress.
Affected versions: max 1.2.7.
Status: vulnerable