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CVE-2024-1733: Word Replacer Pro <= 1.0 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Content Update

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-03-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The Word Replacer Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the word_replacer_ultra() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update arbitrary content on the affected WordPress site.

Affected products

• charlestsmith Word Replacer Pro: 1.0

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/word-replacer-ultra/trunk/inc/word-replacer-ultra-ajax.php#L16
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1da53718-c2a2-45d0-ad43-daff3c68342d?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/word-replacer-ultra/trunk/inc/word-replacer-ultra-ajax.php#L16
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1da53718-c2a2-45d0-ad43-daff3c68342d?source=cve

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