Transposh WordPress Translation: A security weakness
Transposh WordPress Translation is affected by a security weakness. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Transposh WordPress Translation
- Plugin slug
transposh-wordpress-translation- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Aug 22, 2022
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
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 through 1.0.8 exposes a couple of sensitive actions such has “tp_reset” under the Utilities tab (/wp-admin/admin.php?page=tp_utils), which can be used/executed as the lowest-privileged user. Basically all Utilities functionalities are vulnerable this way, which involves resetting configurations and backup/restore operations.
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N