WPML < 3.1.8 - Authorization Bypass

Improper Access Control

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

CVE	CVE-2015-2792
CVSS	Medium (5.4)
Publicly Published	March 2, 2015
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	Jouko Pynnöne

Description

The WPML plugin before 3.1.9 for WordPress does not properly handle multiple actions in a request, which allows remote attackers to bypass nonce checks and perform arbitrary actions via a request containing an action POST parameter, an action GET parameter, and a valid nonce for the action GET parameter.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	sitepress-multilingual-cms (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 3.1.9
Patched Version	3.1.9.1

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