CVE-2022-38974 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Broken Access Control vulnerability in WPML Multilingual CMS premium plugin <= 4.5.10 on WordPress allows users with subscriber or higher user roles to change the status of the translation jobs.

Published: 2022-11-18

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

OnTheGoSystems Ltd.

WPML Multilingual CMS (WordPress plugin)

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`<= 4.5.10`	affected	≤ 4.5.10

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wpml:wpml:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

Vendor Solution

Update to 4.5.11 or higher version.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-41521	Broken Access Control vulnerability in WPML Multilingual CMS premium plugin <= 4.5.10 on WordPress allows users with subscriber or higher user roles to change the status of the translation jobs.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00256.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/sitepress-multilingual-cms/wordpress-wpml-multilingual-cms-plugin-4-5-10-broken-access-control-vulnerability-2?_s_id=cve

History

Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Wpml Wpml

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2022-11-18T18:13:32.875Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:07:47.751Z

Reserved: 2022-09-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-38974

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T11:10:31.779Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-18T19:15:29.413

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:17:17.683

Link: CVE-2022-38974

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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