Vulnerabilities > CVE-2022-4169 - Missing Authorization vulnerability in Theme and Plugin Translation for Polylang Project Theme and Plugin Translation for Polylang
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
LOW Availability impact
NONE Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- 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://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
- https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories-continued/#CVE-2022-4169