PT-2025-45180 · WordPress · Better Find/Replace – Ai-Powered Suggestions

Adrian Lukita · Published 2025-11-06 · Updated 2025-11-06 · CVE-2025-12360

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Better Find and Replace – AI-Powered Suggestions plugin for WordPress versions through 1.7.7

Description The software is susceptible to unauthorized API usage because of a missing capability check within the rtafar ajax() function. This allows authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access to initiate OpenAI API key usage, potentially leading to quota consumption and associated costs.

Recommendations Update to a version newer than 1.7.7.

Fix

Improper Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-285

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-12360

Affected Products

Better Find/Replace – Ai-Powered Suggestions

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12360 · Security Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/757e41dd-d72f-4e87-a087-c5c38bd727e5?source=cve · Note
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/36677 · Telegram Post
• 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 · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/real-time-auto-find-and-replace/trunk/core/actions/RTAFAR_CustomAjax.php#L31 · Note
• https://t.me/cveNotify/141902 · Telegram Post