CVE-2025-2821: Quadlayers Search Exclude

Medium severity, CVSS 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.

Affected products

• Quadlayers Search Exclude: up to and including 2.4.9

Published 2025-05-07. Last modified 2026-06-17.