Transposh WordPress Translation: Cross-site scripting
Transposh WordPress Translation is affected by cross-site scripting. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. Injected script can execute in the affected site's origin when the vulnerable output is viewed.
- Component
- Transposh WordPress Translation
- Plugin slug
transposh-wordpress-translation- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Aug 22, 2022
This CVE was published Aug 22, 2022 and is one of 6 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Transposh WordPress Translation 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 Transposh WordPress Translation WordPress plugin before 1.0.8 does not sanitise and escape the a parameter via an AJAX action (available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users when the curl library is installed) before outputting it back in the response, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N