Vulnerability · Published Sep 6, 2022 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2022-2461Transposh WordPress Translation <= 1.0.9.6 - Unauthorized Settings Change
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity missing authorization in Transposh WordPress Translation from oferwald. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 5.1% (higher than 92% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Nuclei.
Official description
The Transposh WordPress Translation plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized setting changes by unauthenticated users in versions up to, and including, 1.0.9.6. 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| oferwald | Transposh WordPress Translation | 0 – through 1.0.9.6 |
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/223373fc-9d78-47f0-b283-109f8e00b802?source=cve
- https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-2461
- https://www.rcesecurity.com/2022/07/WordPress-Transposh-Exploiting-a-Blind-SQL-Injection-via-XSS/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/transposh-translation-filter-for-wordpress/trunk/transposh.php?rev=2682425#L1989
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167870/wptransposh107-auth.txt
- https://www.exploitalert.com/view-details.html?id=38891