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CVE-2022-45072:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in the WPML Multilingual CMS premium plugin version 4.5.13 and earlier for WordPress. The vulnerability was identified on November 9, 2022, and was assigned CVE-2022-45072 (Patchstack).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery) and received a CVSS v3.1 score of 4.3 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N. The issue stems from the absence of CSRF checks in certain areas of the plugin, which could allow attackers to make logged-in users perform unwanted actions (NVD, WPScan).
Impact
The vulnerability could allow attackers to force authenticated users to perform unintended actions, specifically including the ability to change the status of translation jobs without the user's consent (WPScan).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been fixed in version 4.5.14 of the WPML Multilingual CMS plugin. Users are advised to update to this version or later to remediate the security issue (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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