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Search Exclude, CVE-2025-2821

CVE, Research URL

CVE-2025-2821

Application

Search Exclude

Published on
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