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FKIE_CVE-2022-38461

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-11-17 22:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:56
Severity
5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Summary
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).
References
audit@patchstack.comhttps://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/sitepress-multilingual-cms/wordpress-wpml-multilingual-cms-plugin-4-5-10-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cveThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/sitepress-multilingual-cms/wordpress-wpml-multilingual-cms-plugin-4-5-10-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cveThird Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
wpml wpml *
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    {
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        {
          "product": "WPML Multilingual CMS (WordPress plugin)",
          "vendor": "OnTheGoSystems Ltd.",
          "versions": [
            {
              "lessThanOrEqual": "4.5.10",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "\u003c= 4.5.10",
              "versionType": "custom"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
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    }
  ],
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              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:wpml:wpml:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "B1504747-86C1-4AE0-B12A-56ACE4FA092C",
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    },
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      "lang": "es",
      "value": "Vulnerabilidad de control de acceso roto en el complemento WPML Multilingual CMS premium en versiones \u0026lt;= 4.5.10 en WordPress permite a los usuarios con un suscriptor o un rol de usuario superior cambiar la configuraci\u00f3n del complemento (idioma seleccionado para widgets heredados, comportamiento predeterminado para contenido multimedia)."
    }
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  "id": "CVE-2022-38461",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T04:56:39.023",
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}



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