CVE-2022-2461

moderate-risk
Published 2022-09-06

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.

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17.8% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 82% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 5.3/10 Medium
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Transposh

References (12)

Exploit https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167870/wptransposh107-auth.txt
Patch https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/transposh-translation-filter-for-word...
Exploit https://www.exploitalert.com/view-details.html?id=38891
Exploit https://www.rcesecurity.com/2022/07/WordPress-Transposh-Exploiting-a-Blind-SQL-I...
Third Party Advisory https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/223373fc-9d78-47f0-b28...
Third Party Advisory https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-2461
Exploit https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167870/wptransposh107-auth.txt
Patch https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/transposh-translation-filter-for-word...
Exploit https://www.exploitalert.com/view-details.html?id=38891
Exploit https://www.rcesecurity.com/2022/07/WordPress-Transposh-Exploiting-a-Blind-SQL-I...
Third Party Advisory https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/223373fc-9d78-47f0-b28...
Third Party Advisory https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-2461
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moderate-risk
Severity 21/34 · High
Exploitability 13/34 · Low
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal