High severity · published Sep 19, 2022
CVE-2022-3141
The Translate Multilingual sites WordPress plugin before 2.3.3 is vulnerable to an authenticated SQL injection
8.8
CVSS
5.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Translate Multilingual sites WordPress plugin before 2.3.3 is vulnerable to an authenticated SQL injection. By adding a new language (via the settings page) containing specific special characters, the backticks in the SQL query can be surpassed and a time-based blind payload can be injected.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)5.2% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TR
Translatepress · Cozmoslabs
before 2.3.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3141
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3141
packetstormsecurity.com
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171479/WordPress-Translatepress-Multilingual-SQL-Injection.html
medium.com
https://medium.com/%40elias.hohl/authenticated-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-translatepress-multilingual-wordpress-plugin-effc08eda514
Exploit
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1fa355d1-cca8-4b27-9d21-0b420a2e1bf3
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