CVE-2025-2821

5.3 mediumEPSS 0.4%

Medium (5.3). EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

5.3 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 29% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-862
Published: 2025-05-07
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/search-exclude/tags/2.4.6/lib/api/entities/settings/class-post.php#L42
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3284798/
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1f72a309-8ef8-4943-8e64-38bb7909397a?source=cve

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