Theme and plugin translation for Polylang <= 3.2.16 - Missing Authorization

6.5
Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2022-4169
CVSS 6.5 (Medium)
Publicly Published November 28, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Florent BESNARD

Description

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.

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Vulnerability Details for Theme and plugin translation for Polylang (TTfP)

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug theme-translation-for-polylang (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 3.2.17, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 3.2.16
Patched Version
  • 3.2.17

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