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GHSA-CXH5-GXXC-XCC4

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-11-28 18:30 – Updated: 2026-04-08 18:31

Details

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.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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CVE-2022-4169 (GCVE-0-2022-4169)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-11-28 17:33 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:11

Title

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

Summary

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

CWE

CWE-862 - Missing Authorization

Assigner

Wordfence

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_…
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisorie…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
marcinkazmierski	Theme and plugin translation for Polylang (TTfP)	Affected: 0 , ≤ 3.2.16 (semver)

Credits

Florent BESNARD

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

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Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-CXH5-GXXC-XCC4

CVE-2022-4169 (GCVE-0-2022-4169)

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