WordPress plugin · real-time-auto-find-and-replace
Is Better Find and Replace safe?
Safe on 2.0.1 or newer.
The current version, 2.0.1, is past every affected range on record (8 of 8 records list one). Keep it updated and you’re clear of them.
- Flaws on record
- 8
- High or critical
- 4
- Exploited
- none
- Current version
- 2.0.1
- Last updated
- Oct 26, 2026
- Active installs
- 40,000+
Every recorded flaw
- Apr 16, 2026Better Find and Replace – AI-Powered Suggestions: Stored Cross-Site ScriptingCVE-2026-3369 · affects up to 1.7.9 · reported by WordfenceMedium 5.4
- Nov 8, 2025Better Find and Replace – AI-Powered Suggestions: Limited Code InjectionCVE-2025-9334 · affects up to 1.7.7 · reported by WordfenceHigh 8.8
- Nov 6, 2025Better Find and Replace – AI-Powered Suggestions: Unauthorized API usageCVE-2025-12360 · affects up to 1.7.7 · reported by WordfenceMedium 4.3
- Sep 22, 2025Better Find and Replace: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')CVE-2025-53466 · affects up to 1.7.6 · reported by PatchstackMedium 5.9
- Jan 27, 2025Better Find and Replace: Missing AuthorizationCVE-2025-24734 · affects up to 1.6.7 · reported by PatchstackHigh 8.8
- Aug 1, 2024Better Find and Replace: Deserialization of Untrusted DataCVE-2024-39636 · affects up to 1.6.1 · reported by PatchstackHigh 8.3
- Jun 20, 2022Better Find and Replace: Does not properly sanitiseCVE-2022-1472 · fixed in 1.3.6 · reported by WPScan1.3% oddsHigh 7.2
- Oct 4, 2021Better Find and Replace: Does not escape the 's' GET parameter before outputting back in the All Masking Rules pageCVE-2021-24676 · fixed in 1.2.9 · reported by WPScanMedium 6.1
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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