Vulnerability CVE-2022-2536
Published: 2022-12-15

Description:
The Transposh WordPress Translation plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized setting changes by unauthenticated users in versions up to, and including, 1.0.8.1. This is due to insufficient validation of settings on the 'tp_translation' AJAX action which makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass any restrictions and influence the data shown on the site. Please note this is a separate issue from CVE-2022-2461. Notes from the researcher: When installed Transposh comes with a set of pre-configured options, one of these is the "Who can translate" setting under the "Settings" tab. However, this option is largely ignored, if Transposh has enabled its "autotranslate" feature (it's enabled by default) and the HTTP POST parameter "sr0" is larger than 0. This is caused by a faulty validation in "wp/transposh_db.php."

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
Transposh WordPress Translation 1.0.8.1 Incorrect Authorization
Julien Ahrens
20.08.2022

Type:

CWE-285

 (Improper Authorization)

 References:
https://www.rcesecurity.com/2022/07/WordPress-Transposh-Exploiting-a-Blind-SQL-Injection-via-XSS/
https://www.exploitalert.com/view-details.html?id=38949
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/transposh-translation-filter-for-wordpress/trunk/transposh.php?rev=2682425#L1989
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168120/wptransposh1081-authz.txt
https://github.com/MrTuxracer/advisories/blob/master/CVEs/CVE-2022-2536.txt
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c774b520-9d9f-4102-8564-49673d5ae1e6
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories-continued/#CVE-2022-2536
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