Translate WordPress with GTranslate: Cross-site request forgery
Translate WordPress with GTranslate is affected by cross-site request forgery. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Exploitation relies on a signed-in privileged user submitting an attacker-controlled request.
- Component
- Translate WordPress with GTranslate
- Plugin slug
translate-wordpress-with-gtranslate- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Mar 28, 2022
This CVE was published Mar 28, 2022 and is one of 3 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Translate WordPress with GTranslate to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Translate WordPress with GTranslate WordPress plugin before 2.9.9 does not have CSRF check in some files, and write debug data such as user's cookies in a publicly accessible file if a specific parameter is used when requesting them. Combining those two issues, an attacker could gain access to a logged in admin cookies by making them open a malicious link or page
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H