CVE-2023-38383

WordPress Language plugin <= 1.2.1 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Severity Score

5.4

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Attend

*SSVC

Descriptions

NVD
Wordfence

Missing Authorization vulnerability in OnTheGoSystems Language allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Language: from n/a through 1.2.1.

The Language plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check in versions up to, and including, 1.2.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to perform unauthorized actions.

*Credits: Abdi Pranata (Patchstack Alliance)

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Attend

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Yes

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-07-17 CVE Reserved
2023-07-20 CVE Published
2024-12-13 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-862: Missing Authorization

CAPEC

CAPEC-180: Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source
https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/wordpress-language/vulnerability/wordpress-wordpress-language-plugin-1-2-1-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Wordpress Language Search vendor "Wordpress Language"		Wordpress Language Search vendor "Wordpress Language" for product "Wordpress Language"				>= 0.0.0 <= 1.2.1 Search vendor "Wordpress Language" for product "Wordpress Language" and version " >= 0.0.0 <= 1.2.1"		en		Affected