CVE-2022-38461 is a Broken Access Control vulnerability affecting the WPML Multilingual CMS premium plugin versions 4.5.10 and earlier on WordPress. This flaw allows authenticated users with subscriber-level privileges or higher to modify plugin settings, specifically related to legacy widget language and media content behavior. With a CVSS score of 4.3 (MEDIUM), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to unauthorized modification of settings but with no direct impact on confidentiality or availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.5.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wpml:wpml:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
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