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CVE-2022-38974: Broken Access Control vulnerability in WPML Multilingual CMS premium plugin <= 4.5.10 on WordPress allows users with subscriber or higher user roles to change the status of the translation jobs.

medium Affects wpml (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.4, updated 2026-10-29; published ; advisory modified .

Broken Access Control vulnerability in WPML Multilingual CMS premium plugin <= 4.5.10 on WordPress allows users with subscriber or higher user roles to change the status of the translation jobs.

Package
wpml (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<=4.5.10
Fixed in
no fix recorded
Severity
medium  CVSS 4.3
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (46.3th percentile)
Published
2022-11-18
Source
nvd

References

CWE-264
NVD recordwpml (WordPress plugin) advisories

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