Description
The Translate Multilingual sites WordPress plugin before 2.3.3 is vulnerable to an authenticated SQL injection. By adding a new language (via the settings page) containing specific special characters, the backticks in the SQL query can be surpassed and a time-based blind payload can be injected.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | Translate Multilingual sites – TranslatePress | 2.3.3 – < 2.3.3 | 2.3.3 |
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Translatepress Multilinugal WordPress plugin < 2.3.3 - Authenticated SQL Injection EDB-51043 · webapps · Mar 25, 2023 · verified
GitHub 1 repository
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Tomoe-12/CVE_2022_3141 ★ 1 · Jul 6, 2025
An analysis and demonstration of the unauthenticated SQL Injection vulnerability (CVE-2022-3141) in ACS EDU 3rd Gen.
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- https://medium.com/%40elias.hohl/authenticated-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-translatepress-multilingual-wordpress-plugin-effc08eda514
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1fa355d1-cca8-4b27-9d21-0b420a2e1bf3
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171479/WordPress-Translatepress-Multilingual-SQL-Injection.html