CVE-2022-4169

  1. OpenCVE
  2. Vulnerabilities (CVE)
  3. CVE-2022-4169
The Theme and plugin translation for Polylang is vulnerable to authorization bypass in versions up to, and including, 3.2.16 due to missing capability checks in the process_polylang_theme_translation_wp_loaded() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update plugin and theme translation settings and to import translation strings.

6.5 /10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 2.5

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2814605%40theme-translation-for-polylang%2Ftrunk&old=2812254%40theme-translation-for-polylang%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories-continued/#CVE-2022-4169 Third Party Advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2814605%40theme-translation-for-polylang%2Ftrunk&old=2812254%40theme-translation-for-polylang%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories-continued/#CVE-2022-4169 Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:theme_and_plugin_translation_for_polylang_project:theme_and_plugin_translation_for_polylang:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
History

21 Nov 2024, 07:34

Type Values Removed Values Added
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.3 		v2 : unknown
v3 : 6.5
References () https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2814605%40theme-translation-for-polylang%2Ftrunk&old=2812254%40theme-translation-for-polylang%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= - Patch, Third Party Advisory () https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2814605%40theme-translation-for-polylang%2Ftrunk&old=2812254%40theme-translation-for-polylang%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= - Patch, Third Party Advisory
References () https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories-continued/#CVE-2022-4169 - Third Party Advisory () https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories-continued/#CVE-2022-4169 - Third Party Advisory

01 Dec 2022, 23:01

Type Values Removed Values Added
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown 		v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.3
CWE CWE-862
CPE cpe:2.3:a:theme_and_plugin_translation_for_polylang_project:theme_and_plugin_translation_for_polylang:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
References (MISC) https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2814605%40theme-translation-for-polylang%2Ftrunk&old=2812254%40theme-translation-for-polylang%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= - (MISC) https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2814605%40theme-translation-for-polylang%2Ftrunk&old=2812254%40theme-translation-for-polylang%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= - Patch, Third Party Advisory
References (MISC) https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories-continued/#CVE-2022-4169 - (MISC) https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories-continued/#CVE-2022-4169 - Third Party Advisory

28 Nov 2022, 18:44

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE
Information

Published : 2022-11-28 18:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 07:34

NVD link : CVE-2022-4169

Mitre link : CVE-2022-4169

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-4169

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Products Affected

theme_and_plugin_translation_for_polylang_project

  • theme_and_plugin_translation_for_polylang
CWE
CWE-862

Missing Authorization