Subscriber-level translation-job status modification via unauthorized internal calls
Published Nov 18, 2022 · Updated Apr 28, 2026
Missing authorization in WPML Multilingual CMS 4.5.10 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to change translation-job status. WPML has disclosed only that affected internal calls permit registered users to change settings or cancel translation jobs; it has not named the request handler or failed authorization check. Subscriber-level access is sufficient, and the established impact is unauthorized modification of translation workflow state rather than data disclosure or service interruption.
Summary
What happened
Missing authorization in WPML Multilingual CMS 4.5.10 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to change translation-job status. WPML has disclosed only that affected internal calls permit registered users to change settings or cancel translation jobs; it has not named the request handler or failed authorization check. Subscriber-level access is sufficient, and the established impact is unauthorized modification of translation workflow state rather than data disclosure or service interruption.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-38974
- Published
- Nov 18, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 28, 2026
- Vendor
- OnTheGoSystems
- Product
- WPML Multilingual CMS
- Classifications
- CWE-264, T1565.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Nov 18, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 28, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=<= 4.5.10 <=4.5.10
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