CVE-2022-38461

Broken Access Control vulnerability in WPML Multilingual CMS premium plugin <= 4.5.10 on WordPress allows users with a subscriber or higher user role to change plugin settings (selected language for legacy widgets, the default behavior for media content).

CVSS v3 4.3 MEDIUM

4.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/sitepress-multilingual-cms/wordpress-wpml-multilingual-cms-plugin-4-5-10-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:wpml:wpml:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

21 Jul 2023, 20:25

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE	~~CWE-732~~	NVD-CWE-Other

21 Nov 2022, 19:45

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2022-11-17 22:15

Updated : 2024-02-04 23:14

NVD link : CVE-2022-38461

Mitre link : CVE-2022-38461

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-38461

JSON object : View

Products Affected

wpml

wpml

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other CWE-264

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

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