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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-2821

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

Published May 7, 2025 · catalog updated Apr 8, 2026 · Search Exclude

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-2821. EPSS is 0.36%. Act only if a listed version of Search Exclude is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium5.3
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.36%
Remediation
Vendor / distro source
Affected products
vendor quadlayers Search Exclude 0 ≤2.4.9

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.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor quadlayers Search Exclude 0 ≤2.4.90 ≤2.4.9

How to fix CVE-2025-2821

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-2821. EPSS is 0.36%. Act only if a listed version of Search Exclude is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with quadlayers Search Exclude 0 ≤2.4.9 0 ≤2.4.9. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.36%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. May 7, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    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.

  2. Apr 8, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    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.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-2821

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-2821

    30-day exploitation probability 0.4%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-13655

    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 sett

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.