# CVE-2024-6869: Falang multilanguage for WordPress <= 1.3.52 - Missing Authorization to Translation Update and Information Exposure

> Authenticated subscribers can modify translations and expose admin emails due to missing capability checks in the Falang WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v69c-3f9p-xq6p

## What is CVE-2024-6869?

CVE-2024-6869 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in sbouey Falang multilanguage for WordPress, published on 8 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Falang multilanguage for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on several functions in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.52. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update and delete translations and expose the administrator email address.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6869?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Faboba Falang.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-6869?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6869 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-6869 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6869 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in sbouey Falang multilanguage for WordPress

- [CVE-2024-30495](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-30495/): WordPress Falang multilanguage for WordPress plugin <= 1.3.47 - SQL Injection vulnerability (high 7.6)
- [CVE-2023-37968](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-37968/): WordPress Falang multilanguage Plugin <= 1.3.39 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-6869 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-6869 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in sbouey Falang multilanguage for WordPress, published on 8 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-6869 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: sbouey Falang multilanguage for WordPress. 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-2024-6869/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6869/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6869
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6869
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6869

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6869/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.