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3 vulnerabilities found for better_search_replace by wpengine

CVE-2023-6933 (GCVE-0-2023-6933)

Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2024-02-05 21:21 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:05
VLAI?
Title
Better Search Replace <= 1.4.4 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection
Summary
The Better Search Replace plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.4 via deserialization of untrusted input. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject a PHP Object. No POP chain is present in the vulnerable plugin. If a POP chain is present via an additional plugin or theme installed on the target system, it could allow the attacker to delete arbitrary files, retrieve sensitive data, or execute code.
Severity ?
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
wpengine Better Search Replace Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.4.4 (semver)
Create a notification for this product.
Credits
Sam Pizzey
Show details on NVD website
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FKIE_CVE-2023-6933

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-02-05 22:15 - Updated: 2026-04-08 18:18
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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References
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/better-search-replace/trunk/includes/class-bsr-db.php#L334Exploit
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3023674/better-search-replace/trunk/includes/class-bsr-db.phpPatch
security@wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/895f2db1-a2ed-4a17-a4f6-cd13ee8f84af?source=cveThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/better-search-replace/trunk/includes/class-bsr-db.php#L334Exploit
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
wpengine better_search_replace *
To clipboard 

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CVE-2023-6933 (GCVE-0-2023-6933)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-02-05 21:21 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:05
VLAI?
Title
Better Search Replace <= 1.4.4 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection
Summary
The Better Search Replace plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.4 via deserialization of untrusted input. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject a PHP Object. No POP chain is present in the vulnerable plugin. If a POP chain is present via an additional plugin or theme installed on the target system, it could allow the attacker to delete arbitrary files, retrieve sensitive data, or execute code.
Severity ?
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
wpengine Better Search Replace Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.4.4 (semver)
Create a notification for this product.
Credits
Sam Pizzey
Show details on NVD website
To clipboard 

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