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GHSA-3XC8-4P8R-Q7HJ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-09-07 00:01 – Updated: 2025-05-05 18:32

Details

The Transposh WordPress Translation plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized setting changes by unauthenticated users in versions up to, and including, 1.0.8.1. This is due to insufficient permissions checking on the 'tp_translation' AJAX action and default settings which makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to influence the data shown on the site.

Severity ?

5.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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    },
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    },
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    },
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CVE-2022-2461 (GCVE-0-2022-2461)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-09-06 17:18 – Updated: 2025-05-05 16:18

Summary

Severity ?

5.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CWE

CWE-862 Missing Authorization

Assigner

Wordfence

References

URL

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	https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
	https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisorie…
	https://www.rcesecurity.com/2022/07/WordPress-Tra…
	https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/transp…
	https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167870/wptr…
	https://www.exploitalert.com/view-details.html?id=38891

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	oferwald	Transposh WordPress Translation	Affected: * , ≤ 1.0.8.1 (semver)

Credits

Julien Ahrens

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Sightings

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Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-3XC8-4P8R-Q7HJ

CVE-2022-2461 (GCVE-0-2022-2461)

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