CVE-2022-4169 describes an authorization bypass vulnerability in the Theme and plugin translation for Polylang plugin, affecting versions up to and including 3.2.16. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to modify plugin and theme translation settings and import translation strings due to missing capability checks. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 5.3), it has a low impact on integrity (I:L) and requires no user interaction or authentication. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.2.17CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:theme_and_plugin_translation_for_polylang_project:theme_and_plugin_translation_for_polylang:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
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