Authorization Bypass Vulnerability in Polylang Theme and Plugin Translation

Authorization Bypass Vulnerability in Polylang Theme and Plugin Translation

CVE-2022-4169 · MEDIUM Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

The Theme and plugin translation for Polylang is vulnerable to authorization bypass in versions up to, and including, 3.2.16 due to missing capability checks in the process_polylang_theme_translation_wp_loaded() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update plugin and theme translation settings and to import translation strings.

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