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CVE-2022-3141 (GCVE-0-2022-3141)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-09-19 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 01:00
VLAI
Title
Translatepress Multilinugal < 2.3.3 - Admin+ SQLi
Summary
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.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown Translate Multilingual sites – TranslatePress Affected: 2.3.3 , < 2.3.3 (custom)
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Credits
Elias Hohl
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