CVE-2022-38461 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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).

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00129.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Wpml	Wpml

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-41045	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).

Fixes

Solution

Update to 4.5.11 or higher version.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

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

History

Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2022-11-17T21:59:46.503Z

Updated: 2025-02-20T19:54:15.806Z

Reserved: 2022-09-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-38461

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T10:54:03.835Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-17T22:15:10.393

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:16:31.373

Link: CVE-2022-38461

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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