Real-Time Find and Replace

Real-Time Find and Replace has 2 disclosed vulnerabilities in the WordSec catalog, reported between 2017 and 2020; all 2 are fixed as of September 2026. Their average CVSS score is 8.0, and the most serious one scores 8.8 out of 10. Severity breakdown: 0 critical and 2 high.

The most common weakness is Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF), behind 1 of the records (50%). Other recurring categories include Cross-Site Scripting.

Every one of the 2 issues recorded for Real-Time Find and Replace has a vendor fix available, so running the current release closes all known holes.

2 independent researchers contributed these findings, one record each. Real-Time Find and Replace is installed on roughly 70,000 WordPress sites, so each unpatched flaw has a wide blast radius. The current release is tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Strategic Overview

Avg CVSSHigh

8.0/ 10

Patch Coverage100%

Open

Fixed

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Highest severity on recordCVSS 8.8CVE-2020-13641

Real-Time Find and Replace <= 3.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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Vulnerability Records

2 records


2020-04-27 00:00	Real-Time Find and Replace <= 3.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-Site Scripting Real-Time Find and Replace <= 3.9	`CVE-2020-13641`	8.8 High	Chloe Chamberland	Yes
2017-04-14 00:00	Real-Time Find and Replace <= 3.8 - Cross-Site Scripting Real-Time Find and Replace <= 3.6	`N/A`	7.1 High	Neven Birusk	Yes

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Latestv4.3

Real-Time Find and Replace

Author

Marios Alexandrou

4.5(82)

90/100

Last Updated

2026-08-20 (24d ago)

Active Installs

70,000+

Downloads

915,437

Requires WP

5.0+

Requires PHP

Tested up to

WP 7.1

Created

2009-07-02 (17y ago)

This plugin allows you to dynamically (i.e. at the time when a page is generated) replace code and text from themes and other plugins with code and text of your choosing before a page is delivered to a user’s browser. Because the find and replace happens in real-time no changes are needed to plugins or themes which means upgrades remain easy! A pro version (a lifetime license is less than $15) with additional filtering options, setting export/import functionality, and the ability to modify admin pages is available. Here are some common uses: Want to selectively translate text that is being output by another plugin? You can do that. Trying to tweak the text on a product or shopping cart page? No problem. Hoping to remove footer text from a theme without modifying the theme? That’s easy. Here are some more examples. And some tips for those interested in on-page SEO. Remember, all of the above can be done WITHOUT modifying themes or plugin files so you’ll always be able to upgrade them without having to worry about losing custom edits.

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