Search Exclude <= 2.5.7 – Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Search Settings Modification via REST API

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2025-10646
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published November 24, 2025
Last Updated November 25, 2025
Researcher Lucas Montes (NiRoX)
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.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug search-exclude (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.5.7
Patched Version
  • 2.5.8
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