CVE-2022-4169 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

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 0.00063.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Theme And Plugin Translation For Polylang Project	Theme And Plugin Translation For Polylang

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-51530	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
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=
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories-continued/#CVE-2022-4169

History

Fri, 07 Feb 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2022-11-28T17:33:31.980Z

Updated: 2025-02-07T20:31:58.819Z

Reserved: 2022-11-28T17:28:03.180Z

Link: CVE-2022-4169

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:34:49.301Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-28T18:15:12.760

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:34:42.483

Link: CVE-2022-4169

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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