Search Exclude
search-exclude · plugin
Known security vulnerabilities for Search Exclude. Find out in seconds which version runs on your site with WP Lens.
4 known vulnerabilities
2 exploitable without logging in · latest Nov 25, 2025
Listed on wordpress.org · latest 2.6.7 · last updated Sep 30, 2026 · 50K+ installs
wordpress.org status checked on Oct 2, 2026
Vulnerabilities
- High 7.5
CVE-2019-15895unauthenticated
search-exclude.php in the "Search Exclude" plugin before 1.2.4 for WordPress allows unauthenticated options changes.
- Medium 5.4
CVE-2022-36282editor+≤ 1.2.6
WordPress Search Exclude plugin <= 1.2.6 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
- Medium 5.3
CVE-2025-2821unauthenticated≤ 2.4.9
Search Exclude <= 2.4.9 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Plugin Settings Modification
- Medium 4.3
CVE-2025-10646contributor+≤ 2.5.7
Search Exclude <= 2.5.7 – Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Search Settings Modification via REST API
The access label is read from the record's own text (e.g. “subscriber+”: subscriber and above). When the text names no role, CVSS decides between “login required” and “high privilege”; no role name is invented. “Needs a click”: the attack depends on a logged-in user following a link (CSRF, reflected XSS).