CVE-2025-24734
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedMissing 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.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThe CodeSolz Better Find and Replace WordPress plugin versions 1.6.7 and below lacks proper authorization checks on certain AJAX actions, allowing authenticated users with low privileges (such as subscribers) to trigger administrative functions and achieve privilege escalation.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify plugin installation and versionIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and locate 'Better Find and Replace' by CodeSolz. Note the version number displayed. Alternatively, check the plugin header comment in wp-content/plugins/better-find-and-replace/better-find-replace.php for the Version tag.Affected if The plugin is active and the version is 1.6.7 or lower.
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Confirm user registration is enabledNavigate to WordPress Settings > General and check 'Membership: Anyone can register' is checked. If enabled, note which default role is assigned (subscriber, contributor, etc.).Affected if User registration is enabled, creating the conditions for low-privilege users to exist.
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Identify low-privilege user accountsGo to Users > All Users in the WordPress admin. Review the list for users with the 'Subscriber' role or any role with limited capabilities.Affected if At least one user with low-privilege role (subscriber, etc.) exists on the site.
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Inspect AJAX action accessibilityExamine the plugin PHP files, specifically any file handling AJAX requests (typically with wp_ajax_ or wp_ajax_nopriv_ hooks). Check if the callback functions perform capability checks like current_user_can() before executing privileged operations.Affected if The plugin AJAX handlers lack proper authorization checks and are accessible to low-privilege users.
The environment is affected if the Better Find and Replace plugin version 1.6.7 or lower is active on a WordPress site that has low-privilege user accounts (such as subscribers) due to missing authorization checks on AJAX actions.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate to the latest version of the plugin if a patched release is available; otherwise, remove the plugin until a fix can be implemented or implement manual capability checks on all AJAX handlers.
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- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing2.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
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