Search Exclude
Search Exclude has 4 disclosed vulnerabilities in the WordSec catalog, reported between 2019 and 2025; all 4 are fixed as of September 2026. Their average CVSS score is 5.7, and the most serious one scores 7.5 out of 10. Severity breakdown: 0 critical and 1 high. 2025 was the busiest year with 2 disclosures.
The most common weakness is Missing Authorization, behind 3 of the records (75%). Other recurring categories include Cross-Site Scripting.
Every one of the 4 issues recorded for Search Exclude has a vendor fix available, so running the current release closes all known holes.
4 independent researchers contributed these findings, one record each. Search Exclude is installed on roughly 50,000 WordPress sites, so each unpatched flaw has a wide blast radius. The current release is tested up to WordPress 7.1.
CVE-2019-15895Search Exclude <= 1.2.3 - Arbitrary Settings Change
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Search Exclude
Author
quadlayers
With this plugin you can exclude any page, post or whatever from the WordPress search results by checking off the corresponding checkbox on post/page edit page. Supports quick and bulk edit. On the plugin settings page you can also see the list of all the items that are hidden from search. Presentation QuadLayers | Community
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