CVE-2025-10646: Quadlayers Search Exclude

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Quadlayers Search Exclude: up to and including 2.5.7

Published 2025-11-25. Last modified 2026-06-17.