What is CVE-2022-2461?

CVE-2022-2461 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oferwald Transposh WordPress Translation, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2022-09-06.

How severe is CVE-2022-2461?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-2461 known to be exploited?

4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Auth bypass in Oferwald Transposh WordPress Translation

CVE-2022-2461

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.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

Published 2022-09-06 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.048 (91.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 91.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.039 · newest: 0.048 · change: +0.009

Affected products

Oferwald Transposh WordPress Translation — versions 0
Transposh WordPress Translation

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/223373fc-9d78-47f0-b283-109f8… (Third Party Advisory)
www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/ (Third Party Advisory)
www.rcesecurity.com/2022/07/WordPress-Transposh-Exploiting-a-Blind-SQL-Injectio… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/transposh-translation-filter-for-wordpress/t… (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/167870/wptransposh107-auth.txt (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
www.exploitalert.com/view-details.html (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-2461?: CVE-2022-2461 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Oferwald Transposh WordPress Translation, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2022-09-06.
How severe is CVE-2022-2461?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-2461 known to be exploited?: 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.