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CVE-2022-36282: WordPress Search Exclude plugin <= 1.2.6 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-08-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Authenticated (editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Roman Pronskiy's Search Exclude plugin <= 1.2.6 at WordPress.

Affected products

• Roman Pronskiy Search Exclude (WordPress plugin): through 1.2.6

References

• https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/search-exclude/wordpress-search-exclude-plugin-1-2-6-authenticated-stored-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/search-exclude/#developers
• https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/search-exclude/wordpress-search-exclude-plugin-1-2-6-authenticated-stored-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/search-exclude/#developers

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