Translatepress Multilinugal < 2.3.3 - Admin+ SQLi

published 2022-09-19 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-42568

cvss: 8.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 5.2%; EPSS 5.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits: 1; Exploit-DB

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.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

cozmoslabs translatepress 2.3.3

Timeline

2022-09-19 Published
2023-03-25 First public exploit (EDB-51043)

Exploit prediction

5.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

EDB-51043 Translatepress Multilinugal WordPress plugin < 2.3.3 - Authenticated SQL Injection webapps, 2023-03-25
wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1fa355d1-cca8-4b27-9d21-0b420a2e1bf3 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Unknown Translate Multilingual sites – TranslatePress

Classification

Weakness

CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-3141
NVD CVE-2022-3141

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Summary