# CVE-2025-9334: Better Find and Replace <= 1.7.7 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Code Injection

> Authenticated subscribers can execute arbitrary code via limited code injection in the Better Find and Replace WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Nov 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2mx4-g8fr-m5m8

## What is CVE-2025-9334?

CVE-2025-9334 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in codesolz Better Find and Replace – AI-Powered Suggestions, published on 8 Nov 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Better Find and Replace – AI-Powered Suggestions plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Limited Code Injection in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.7. This is due to insufficient input validation and restriction on the 'rtafar_ajax' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to call arbitrary plugin functions and execute code within those functions.

Weakness: CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-9334?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-9334?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-9334 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-9334 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-9334 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

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Check this codebase for CVE-2025-9334 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-9334 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in codesolz Better Find and Replace – AI-Powered Suggestions, published on 8 Nov 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-9334 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: codesolz Better Find and Replace – AI-Powered Suggestions. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9334/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9334/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-9334
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9334
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-9334

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9334/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.