CVE-2022-45071: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in the WPML Multilingual CMS premium plugin versions 4.5.13 and earlier for WordPress. The vulnerability was identified on November 9, 2022, and was assigned CVE-2022-45071. The affected software is the WPML (WordPress Multilingual) plugin, a premium WordPress extension used for creating multilingual websites (Patchstack Advisory).

The vulnerability is classified as CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery). According to the National Vulnerability Database, it received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH) from NIST with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, while Patchstack assessed it with a CVSS score of 5.4 (MEDIUM) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L (NVD).

The vulnerability could allow malicious actors to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication. The issue stems from the plugin's lack of CSRF checks in certain areas, which could enable attackers to manipulate authenticated users into performing unintended actions (Patchstack Advisory).

The vulnerability was fixed in version 4.5.14 of the WPML Multilingual CMS plugin. Users are advised to update to version 4.5.14 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users have the option to enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins (Patchstack Advisory).