WordPress plugin · better-search-replace
Is Better Search Replace safe?
Safe on 1.4.11 or newer.
The current version, 1.4.11, is past every affected range on record (2 of 2 records list one). Keep it updated and you’re clear of them.
- Flaws on record
- 2
- High or critical
- 2
- Exploited
- none
- Current version
- 1.4.11
- Last updated
- Aug 25, 2026
- Active installs
- 1,000,000+
Every recorded flaw
- Feb 5, 2024Better Search Replace: PHP Object InjectionCVE-2023-6933 · affects up to 1.4.4 · reported by Wordfence68% oddsHigh 8.8
- Aug 22, 2022Better Search Replace: Does not properly sanitise and escape table data before inserting it into a SQL queryCVE-2022-2593 · fixed in 1.4.1 · reported by WPScan1.4% oddsHigh 7.2
Records come from the National Vulnerability Database, published by the researchers who found each flaw (Wordfence, Patchstack, WPScan and others); exploited status from CISA; exploit odds from FIRST’s EPSS; current version, installs and closures from wordpress.org, checked daily. Want every plugin on your site checked at once? Run the free website check.
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