---
id: CVE-2025-12360
title: >-
  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
summary: >-
  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 …
severity: medium
cvss: 4.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-285
published: '2025-11-06'
updated: '2026-10-07'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-07T21:10:00.200'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12360'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/real-time-auto-find-and-replace/trunk/core/actions/RTAFAR_CustomAjax.php#L31
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      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
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/757e41dd-d72f-4e87-a087-c5c38bd727e5?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00234
epssPercentile: 0.13163
ingestedAt: '2026-10-07T21:54:14.926Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.