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.
Problem types
Product status
* (semver)
Timeline
| 2025-11-24: | Disclosed |
Credits
Lucas Montes
References
www.wordfence.com/...-84fb-4cd6-9e5f-0dcfa305ce68?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3379004/search-exclude