CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-2536
5.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-12-15
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-285
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 validation of settings on the 'tp_translation' AJAX action which makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass any restrictions and influence the data shown on the site. Please note this is a separate issue from CVE-2022-2461.
Notes from the researcher: When installed Transposh comes with a set of pre-configured options, one of these is the "Who can translate" setting under the "Settings" tab. However, this option is largely ignored, if Transposh has enabled its "autotranslate" feature (it's enabled by default) and the HTTP POST parameter "sr0" is larger than 0. This is caused by a faulty validation in "wp/transposh_db.php."
Affected configurations
• transposh transposh wordpress translation (<= 1.0.8.1)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-285 Improper Authorization weakness
References
- https://github.com/MrTuxracer/advisories/blob/master/CVEs/CVE-2022-2536.txt Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168120/wptransposh1081-authz.txt Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/transposh-translation-filter-for-wordpress/trunk/transposh.php?rev=2682425#L1989 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploitalert.com/view-details.html?id=38949 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.rcesecurity.com/2022/07/WordPress-Transposh-Exploiting-a-Blind-SQL-Injection-via-XSS/ Not Applicable
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c774b520-9d9f-4102-8564-49673d5ae1e6?source=cve www.wordfence.com
- https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories-continued/#CVE-2022-2536 Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/MrTuxracer/advisories/blob/master/CVEs/CVE-2022-2536.txt Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168120/wptransposh1081-authz.txt Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/transposh-translation-filter-for-wordpress/trunk/transposh.php?rev=2682425#L1989 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploitalert.com/view-details.html?id=38949 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.rcesecurity.com/2022/07/WordPress-Transposh-Exploiting-a-Blind-SQL-Injection-via-XSS/ Not Applicable
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c774b520-9d9f-4102-8564-49673d5ae1e6 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories-continued/#CVE-2022-2536 Third Party Advisory