CVE-2025-12360
Better Find and Replace <= 1.7.7 - Missing Authorization
mediumImproper Authorization
4.3
CVSS Score
4.3
CVSS Score
medium
Severity
1.7.8
Patched in
1d
Time to patch
Description
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.
CVSS Vector Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NAttack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
Technical Details
Affected versions
<=1.7.7PublishedNovember 5, 2025
Last updatedNovember 6, 2025
Affected pluginreal-time-auto-find-and-replace
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