# CVE-2022-25811: Transposh WordPress Translation <= 1.0.8 - Admin+ SQL Injection

> An authenticated administrator can exploit unsanitized parameters to execute arbitrary SQL commands, potentially reading or modifying database contents.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Aug 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qpxf-h287-r5r8

## What is CVE-2022-25811?

CVE-2022-25811 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Unknown Transposh WordPress Translation, published on 22 Aug 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Transposh WordPress Translation WordPress plugin through 1.0.8 does not sanitise and escape the order and orderby parameters before using them in a SQL statement, leading to a SQL injection

Weakness: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-25811?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Transposh Transposh Wordpress Translation.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-25811?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-25811 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-25811 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-25811 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Transposh WordPress Translation

- [CVE-2022-25812](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-25812/): Transposh WordPress Translation < 1.0.8 - Admin+ RCE (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2022-25810](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-25810/): Transposh WordPress Translation <= 1.0.8 - Subscriber+ Unauthorised Calls (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2021-24910](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24910/): Transposh WordPress Translation < 1.0.8 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2021-24911](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24911/): Transposh WordPress Translation < 1.0.8 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2021-24912](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24912/): Transposh WordPress Translation < 1.0.8 - CSRF to Stored XSS (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-25811 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-25811 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Unknown Transposh WordPress Translation, published on 22 Aug 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-25811 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown Transposh WordPress Translation. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-25811/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-25811/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-25811
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-25811
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-25811

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-25811/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.