Better Find and Replace <= 1.7.7 - Missing Authorization
Priority LOW 20CWE-285Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-285.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00234 14th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-12360
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c6mq-jmqr-fj42
References
Other 3
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/757e41dd-d72f-4e87-a087-c5c38bd727e5?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/real-time-auto-find-and-replace/trunk/core/actions/RTAFAR_CustomAjax.php#L31
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3389979/real-time-auto-find-and-replace/trunk/core/actions/RTAFAR_CustomAjax.php?contextall=1&old=3343531&old_path=%2Freal-time-auto-find-and-replace%2Ftrunk%2Fcore%2Factions%2FRTAFAR_CustomAjax.php
More CodeSolz vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-19473 SQL injection in CodeSolz Bitcoin / AltCoin Payment Gateway for WooCommerce CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2025-18451 WordPress Better Find and Replace plugin <= 1.6.7 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2025-08557 Better Find and Replace <= 1.7.7 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Code Injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-26560 WordPress Better Find and Replace plugin <= 1.6.1 - PHP Object Injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
- TI-2025-22724 WordPress Ultimate Push Notifications plugin <= 1.2.0 - SQL Injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.5
- TI-2022-01346 Better Find and Replace < 1.3.6 - Admin+ SQLi CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
Sources
- CVE-2025-12360 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-12360 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-c6mq-jmqr-fj42 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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