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Better Find and Replace – AI-Powered Suggestions

real-time-auto-find-and-replace
total installs
40,000
total vulns
5
critical
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high
2
medium
3
low
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latest vuln
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avg time to patch
vulnerabilities (5)
Better Find and Replace – AI-Powered Suggestions <= 1.7.9 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Uploaded Image Title
medium ✓ patched
cvss score 5.4
cwe CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
published Apr 15, 2026
The Better Find and Replace – AI-Powered Suggestions plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via uploaded image title in versions up to, and including, 1.7.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Better Find and Replace <= 1.7.7 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Code Injection
high ✓ patched
cvss score 8.8
cwe CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
published Nov 7, 2025
The Better Find and Replace – AI-Powered Suggestions plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Limited Code Injection in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.7. This is due to insufficient input validation and restriction on the 'rtafar_ajax' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to call arbitrary plugin functions and execute code within those functions.
Better Find and Replace <= 1.7.7 - Missing Authorization
medium ✓ patched
cvss score 4.3
cwe CWE-285: Improper Authorization
published Nov 5, 2025
The Better Find and Replace – AI-Powered Suggestions plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized API usage due to a missing capability check on the rtafar_ajax() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access, to trigger OpenAI API key usage resulting in quota consumption potentially incurring cost.
Better Find and Replace <= 1.7.6 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
medium ✓ patched
cvss score 4.4
cwe CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
published Sep 22, 2025
The Better Find and Replace plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 1.7.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
Better Find and Replace <= 1.6.7 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation
high ✓ patched
cvss score 8.8
cwe CWE-862: Missing Authorization
published Jan 27, 2025
The Better Find and Replace plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized Privilege Escalation due to a missing capability check on the db_string_replace() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to replace values in the database that can be leveraged to achieve privilege escalation.