CVE-2021-4410 (GCVE-0-2021-4410)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-07-12 03:02 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:11
VLAI
Title
Qtranslate Slug <= 1.1.18 - Cross-Site Request Forgery Bypass
Summary
The Qtranslate Slug plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in versions up to, and including, 1.1.18. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the save_postdata() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to save post data via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
carlos_a_sanz Qtranslate Slug Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.1.18 (semver)
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Credits
Jerome Bruandet
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