Forced administrator actions via malicious links
Published Nov 17, 2022 · Updated Apr 28, 2026
Cross-site request forgery in OnTheGoSystems WPML Multilingual CMS 4.5.13 and earlier allows remote attackers to force administrator actions. The vendor has not disclosed the affected endpoint or the specific request-validation operation that accepts the forged request. Exploitation requires an authenticated administrator to follow a malicious external link while the server permits the attacker's origin or the browser sends cookies despite cross-origin policy.
Summary
What happened
Cross-site request forgery in OnTheGoSystems WPML Multilingual CMS 4.5.13 and earlier allows remote attackers to force administrator actions. The vendor has not disclosed the affected endpoint or the specific request-validation operation that accepts the forged request. Exploitation requires an authenticated administrator to follow a malicious external link while the server permits the attacker's origin or the browser sends cookies despite cross-origin policy.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-45072
- Published
- Nov 17, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 28, 2026
- Vendor
- OnTheGoSystems
- Product
- WPML Multilingual CMS
- Classifications
- CWE-352, T1204.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Nov 17, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 28, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=<= 4.5.13 <=4.5.13
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