WPML Multilingual CMS Plugin up to 4.6.12 on WordPress Twig injection

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in WPML Multilingual CMS Plugin up to 4.6.12 on WordPress. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Twig Handler. Performing a manipulation results in injection. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2024-6386. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in WPML Multilingual CMS Plugin up to 4.6.12 on WordPress. This affects some unknown processing of the component Twig Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-74. The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The WPML plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, 4.6.12 via the Twig Server-Side Template Injection. This is due to missing input validation and sanitization on the render function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to execute code on the server.

The advisory is shared at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-6386 since 06/27/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/27/2024). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1055 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• WPML Multilingual CMS Plugin

Version

• 4.6.0
• 4.6.1
• 4.6.2
• 4.6.3
• 4.6.4
• 4.6.5
• 4.6.6
• 4.6.7
• 4.6.8
• 4.6.9
• 4.6.10
• 4.6.11
• 4.6.12

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