Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
This affects WordPress sites using the Transposh WordPress Translation plugin through version 1.0.9.6. Unauthenticated visitors could change translation-related settings because an AJAX action lacked proper permission checks. The expected business impact is website integrity risk: attackers may influence content shown to users, which can damage trust or mislead visitors.
Executive priority
Handle in normal vulnerability management cadence, faster for public WordPress sites where translated content affects customers, legal notices, pricing, or trust-sensitive pages. The issue is moderate severity, but public awareness and unauthenticated reach increase operational urgency.
Technical view
CVE-2022-2461 is a CWE-862 missing authorization issue in the Transposh `tp_translation` AJAX action. The CVSS 3.1 score is 5.3, network exploitable, low complexity, no privileges or user interaction, with low integrity impact and no confidentiality or availability impact stated in the bundle.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to WordPress sites with Transposh WordPress Translation installed at version 1.0.9.6 or earlier. Public internet-facing WordPress sites are the primary concern because exploitation requires no authentication according to the source description.
Exploitation context
The bundle includes public security writeups and exploit-index references, but KEV is false and no provided source states active exploitation. Treat this as publicly known and easy to reach, not as confirmed exploited in the wild.
Researcher notes
Evidence supports missing authorization on an unauthenticated AJAX path with integrity impact. The bundle does not provide confirmed active exploitation or a named fixed version. Avoid broadening scope to other Transposh issues from linked writeups unless separately validated against this CVE.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory WordPress sites for Transposh WordPress Translation installations.
- If version is 1.0.9.6 or earlier, check vendor guidance for a supported update.
- Disable or remove the plugin where no safe supported version is available.
- Review site content integrity after remediation, especially translated pages.
- Monitor WordPress AJAX activity for unexpected unauthenticated translation-setting changes.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether the plugin is installed and record its exact version.
- Verify affected sites are not running version 1.0.9.6 or earlier.
- Check WordPress logs for unauthenticated requests to Transposh translation AJAX behavior.
- Review translated content and plugin settings for unauthorized changes.
- Document the remediation decision and remaining compensating controls.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 5.3 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N3.91.4Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
5.3MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/223373fc-9d78-47f0-b283-109f8e00b802?source=cveCVE reference
- https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-2461CVE reference
- https://www.rcesecurity.com/2022/07/WordPress-Transposh-Exploiting-a-Blind-SQL-Injection-via-XSS/CVE reference
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/transposh-translation-filter-for-wordpress/trunk/transposh.php?rev=2682425#L1989CVE reference
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167870/wptransposh107-auth.txtCVE reference
- https://www.exploitalert.com/view-details.html?id=38891CVE reference
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CWE details
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Missing Authorization
Missing Authorization represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.