FKIE_CVE-2025-2821

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-05-07 03:15 - Updated: 2025-05-07 14:13
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Summary
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.
References
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/search-exclude/tags/2.4.6/lib/api/entities/settings/class-post.php#L42
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3284798/
security@wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1f72a309-8ef8-4943-8e64-38bb7909397a?source=cve
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