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

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2022-4169
CVSS Medium (6.5)
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.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug theme-translation-for-polylang (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.2.16
Patched Version
  • 3.2.17
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