CVE-2022-2461

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.

CVSS v3 5.3 MEDIUM

5.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167870/wptransposh107-auth.txt	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/transposh-translation-filter-for-wordpress/trunk/transposh.php?rev=2682425#L1989	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploitalert.com/view-details.html?id=38891	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.rcesecurity.com/2022/07/WordPress-Transposh-Exploiting-a-Blind-SQL-Injection-via-XSS/	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/223373fc-9d78-47f0-b283-109f8e00b802?source=cve	Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-2461	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:transposh:transposh_wordpress_translation:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2022-09-06 18:15

Updated : 2023-11-09 20:56

NVD link : CVE-2022-2461

Mitre link : CVE-2022-2461

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-2461

JSON object : View

Products Affected

transposh

transposh_wordpress_translation

CWE

CWE-862

Missing Authorization

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