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CVE-2024-6869 (GCVE-0-2024-6869)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-08-08 04:11 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:24
VLAI
Title
Falang multilanguage for WordPress <= 1.3.52 - Missing Authorization to Translation Update and Information Exposure
Summary
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.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-08-08 14:09 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
sbouey Falang multilanguage for WordPress Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.3.52 (semver)
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Credits
Lucio Sá
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