SQL Injection in Cozmoslabs Translatepress

CVE-2022-3141

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.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

EPSS: 0.041 (89.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-3141?
CVE-2022-3141 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cozmoslabs Translatepress, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-09-19.
How severe is CVE-2022-3141?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-3141 known to be exploited?
6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.