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CVE-2022-2536

MEDIUM

5.3

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."

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score5.3

SeverityMEDIUM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published12/15/2022

Last Modified4/8/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

transposh:transposh_wordpress_translation

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-285

References

https://github.com/MrTuxracer/advisories/blob/master/CVEs/CVE-2022-2536.txt(security@wordfence.com)

https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168120/wptransposh1081-authz.txt(security@wordfence.com)

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/transposh-translation-filter-for-wordpress/trunk/transposh.php?rev=2682425#L1989(security@wordfence.com)

https://www.exploitalert.com/view-details.html?id=38949(security@wordfence.com)

https://www.rcesecurity.com/2022/07/WordPress-Transposh-Exploiting-a-Blind-SQL-Injection-via-XSS/(security@wordfence.com)

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c774b520-9d9f-4102-8564-49673d5ae1e6?source=cve(security@wordfence.com)

https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories-continued/#CVE-2022-2536(security@wordfence.com)

https://github.com/MrTuxracer/advisories/blob/master/CVEs/CVE-2022-2536.txt(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168120/wptransposh1081-authz.txt(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/transposh-translation-filter-for-wordpress/trunk/transposh.php?rev=2682425#L1989(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.exploitalert.com/view-details.html?id=38949(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.rcesecurity.com/2022/07/WordPress-Transposh-Exploiting-a-Blind-SQL-Injection-via-XSS/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c774b520-9d9f-4102-8564-49673d5ae1e6(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories-continued/#CVE-2022-2536(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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