CVE-2025-24734 HIGH

CVE-2025-24734: WordPress Better Find and Replace plugin <= 1.6.7 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability

Vendor Codesolz

Product Better Find and Replace

Weakness CWE-862 · Missing authorization

Published January 27, 2025

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

8.8/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required Low

User interaction None

Confidentiality High

Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in CodeSolz Better Find and Replace real-time-auto-find-and-replace allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Better Find and Replace: from n/a through <= 1.6.7.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Better Find and Replace versions 1.6.7 and earlier lack proper authorization checks, allowing authenticated users with low privileges to read, modify, or delete data they should not access. An attacker with a basic user account can perform administrative actions without restriction. This affects all data confidentiality, integrity, and availability on sites running the vulnerable plugin.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Read, modify, or delete any site data without proper permission checks.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Any authenticated user can access and alter sensitive content, user data, or site configuration.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker needs a low-privilege user account on the site; no special interaction required.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

January 27, 2025 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-24734 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html AskarLabs — CWE-862 write-up Missing Authorization

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