Known vulnerabilities in Search Exclude

Hide any post or page from the search results.

4Reported vulnerabilities

7.5Highest CVSS score

2.6.5Latest version

50,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update Search Exclude to 2.5.8 or later. 4 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: May 22, 2026 / Tested up to WordPress: 7.0.4 / View on wordpress.org

Reported vulnerabilities

Ordered by how urgently they need attention — whether a vulnerability is actually being exploited, and how likely exploitation is, rather than CVSS severity alone.

CVE	Severity	Exploit probability next 30 days	Affected versions	Fixed in	Published
CVE-2019-15895	High 7.5	1.7%	Before 1.2.4	`1.2.4`	September 9, 2019
CVE-2022-36282	Medium 5.4	0.5%	1.2.6 and earlier	`1.2.7`	August 23, 2022
CVE-2025-2821	Medium 5.3	0.3%	0 to 2.4.9 (inclusive)	`2.5.0`	May 7, 2025
CVE-2025-10646	Medium 4.3	0.2%	0 to 2.5.7 (inclusive)	`2.5.8`	November 25, 2025

Sources: vulnerability records from NVD, exploitation from CISA KEV, exploit probability from EPSS. Affected versions come from CPE ranges or from the reporting CNA.