The Better Find and Replace – AI-Powered Suggestions plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Limited Code Injection in
Source GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.8 High.
Data as of 4 Nov 2026, 18:53 UTC
- Affects
- all up to 1.7.7
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 8 Nov 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 4 Nov 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
Users should monitor the vendor's advisory for updates and consider restricting access to trusted users only until a fix is available. Applying the principle of least privilege and limiting Subscriber-level access may reduce risk but does not fully mitigate the vulnerability.
Description
The Better Find and Replace – AI-Powered Suggestions plugin for WordPress contains a limited code injection vulnerability in all versions up to and including 1.7.7. This flaw arises from insufficient input validation in the 'rtafar_ajax' function, allowing authenticated users with Subscriber-level access or higher to invoke arbitrary plugin functions and execute code within those functions.
References
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9334 (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/real-time-auto-find-and-replace/trunk/core/actions/RTAFAR_CustomAjax.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/real-time-auto-find-and-replace/trunk/core/admin/functions/DbReplacer.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/real-time-auto-find-and-replace/trunk/core/lib/Util.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3389979 (opens in a new tab)
- wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/232f3a15-3bd3-44fa-aa07-f055e8fcda88?source=cve (opens in a new tab)