CVE-2025-10646 Missing authorization in Search Exclude
Authenticated contributors can modify Search Exclude plugin settings via REST API due to missing authorization checks.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-10646?
CVE-2025-10646 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in quadlayers Search Exclude, published on 25 Nov 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-10646?
How do I fix CVE-2025-10646?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-10646 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-10646 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-10646 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w2p6-m52v-4469.