Transposh WordPress Translation <= 1.0.9.6 - Sensitive Information Disclosure
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Unpatched
- Affected Plugin
- Transposh WordPress Translation
- Affected Version
<= 1.0.9.6- CVSS
- 5.3Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
- CVE
CVE-2022-2462
At a glance
CVE-2022-2462 is a medium-severity Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in the Transposh WordPress Translation WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.0.9.6. It carries a CVSS score of 5.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. No fixed release has been reported yet; treat installations running this software as exposed. Disclosed July 2022, reported by Julien Ahrens.
Vulnerability Overview
The Transposh WordPress Translation plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to sensitive information disclosure to unauthenticated users in versions up to, and including, 1.0.9.6. This is due to insufficient permissions checking on the 'tp_history' AJAX action and insufficient restriction on the data returned in the response. This makes it possible for unauthenticated users to exfiltrate usernames of individuals who have translated text.
Technical Analysis
The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.
CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Transposh WordPress Translation <= 1.0.9.6 carries this weakness at tp_history, and reaching it takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. Sensitive information exposure means data the application intended to keep internal is returned to a caller who should not be able to see it.
The disclosed data — credentials, tokens, customer records or internal paths — is usually worth more as material for a follow-up attack than as an end in itself. No fixed build of this plugin is recorded for Transposh WordPress Translation yet, so installs running <= 1.0.9.6 stay exposed until the vendor ships one.
Remediation
No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
How does WordSec protect against this?
No patched version is recorded yet, so there is nothing to update to; WordSec's vulnerability alerts flag this record the moment that changes.
- Alerts
External References
Related records
Other vulnerabilities in Transposh WordPress Translation
- 7.2CVE-2022-25812: Transposh WordPress Translation <= 1.0.9.1 RCE
CVE-2022-25812 - 6.5CVE-2021-24911: Transposh WordPress Translation <= 1.0.7 Stored XSS
CVE-2021-24911 - 6.3CVE-2022-25810: Transposh WordPress… Missing Authorization Checks
CVE-2022-25810 - 6.1CVE-2021-24910: Transposh WordPress Translation <= 1.0.7 Reflected XSS
CVE-2021-24910 - 5.3CVE-2022-2536: Transposh WordPress Translation Authorization Bypass
CVE-2022-2536 - 5.3CVE-2022-2461: Transposh WordPress… Unauthorized Settings Change
CVE-2022-2461 - 4.9CVE-2022-25811: Transposh WordPress Translation SQL Injection
CVE-2022-25811 - 4.3CVE-2021-24912: Transposh WordPress Translation <= 1.0.9.1 CSRF
CVE-2021-24912
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