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  "id": "CVE-2022-4169",
  "sourceIdentifier": "security@wordfence.com",
  "published": "2022-11-28T18:15:12.760",
  "lastModified": "2023-11-07T03:57:07.840",
  "vulnStatus": "Modified",
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      "value": "The Theme and plugin translation for Polylang is vulnerable to authorization bypass in versions up to, and including, 3.2.16 due to missing capability checks in the process_polylang_theme_translation_wp_loaded() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update plugin and theme translation settings and to import translation strings."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "La traducci\u00f3n de Theme y complementos para Polylang es vulnerable a la omisi\u00f3n de autorizaci\u00f3n en versiones hasta la 3.2.16 incluida debido a la falta de comprobaciones de capacidad en la funci\u00f3n Process_polylang_theme_translation_wp_loaded(). Esto hace posible que atacantes no autenticados actualicen la configuraci\u00f3n de traducci\u00f3n de theme y complementos e importen cadenas de traducci\u00f3n."
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          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
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      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=2814605%40theme-translation-for-polylang%2Ftrunk&old=2812254%40theme-translation-for-polylang%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=",
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