CM On Demand Search And Replace <= 1.5.2 — Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
CVE-2025-54727Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤1.5.2Update to 1.5.3 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium4.4
- CVSS
- 4.4CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:HAttack complexity- High
PR:HPrivileges required- High
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:CScope- Changed
C:LConfidentiality- Low
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
CM Search And Replace – Optimize content edits with a powerful search and replace tool cm-on-demand-search-and-replace
- Affected≤ 1.5.2
- Patched in1.5.3
Update to 1.5.3 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 1.5.2. Version 1.5.3 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under CM Search And Replace – Optimize content edits with a powerful search and replace tool.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 1.5.3, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch CM Search And Replace – Optimize content edits with a powerful search and replace tool to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Bao - BlueRock.
The CM On Demand Search And Replace plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 1.5.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only impacts multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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| Medium4.3 | Cross-Site Request Forgery ≤1.5.2Update to 1.5.3 | CVE-2025-54728 | |
| Medium4.3 | Missing Authorization ≤1.5.6Update to 1.5.7 | CVE-2025-54045 | |
| Medium6.1 | Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via cminds_free_guide Shortcode ≤1.4.2Update to 1.4.3 | CVE-2024-11202 | |
| Medium4.3 | Cross-Site Request Forgery to Plugin Setting Reset ≤1.3.8Update to 1.3.9 | CVE-2024-5028 | |
| Medium4.3 | Cross-Site Request Forgery ≤1.3.0Update to 1.3.1 | CVE-2023-28749 |
- Medium4.3Cross-Site Request Forgery
≤1.5.2Update to 1.5.3
- Medium4.3Missing Authorization
≤1.5.6Update to 1.5.7
- Medium6.1Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via cminds_free_guide Shortcode
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- Medium4.3Cross-Site Request Forgery to Plugin Setting Reset
≤1.3.8Update to 1.3.9
- Medium4.3Cross-Site Request Forgery
≤1.3.0Update to 1.3.1
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|---|---|---|---|
| High7.2 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment User-Agent Header | CVE-2026-120688 | |
| Critical9.8 | Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload via File Upload via Public Form Submission | CVE-2026-125055 | |
| Critical9.8 | Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection to Remote Code Execution via 'form' Parameter | CVE-2026-119077 | |
| Medium5.3 | Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure in 'search' Parameter | CVE-2026-121518 |
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 4.4
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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