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WPML <= 3.1.9 — Arbitrary Deletion of Content

CVE-2015-2791Published · Updated

Action summary

Affected: ≤3.1.9Update to 3.1.9.1 or newer

All remediation steps
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Severity
High7.5
CVSS
7.5
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
What does this vector mean?
AV:N Attack vector
Network
AC:L Attack complexity
Low
PR:N Privileges required
None
UI:N User interaction
None
S:U Scope
Unchanged
C:N Confidentiality
None
I:H Integrity
High
A:N Availability
None
Weakness
CWE-284 Improper Access Control
Required access
No account needed
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
No score
CISA KEV
Not listed
On this page8

Am I affected?

WPML Multilingual CMS sitepress-multilingual-cms

  1. Affected≤ 3.1.9
  2. Patched in3.1.9.1

Update to 3.1.9.1 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 3.1.9. Version 3.1.9.1 and later are not affected by this issue.

  • Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under WPML Multilingual CMS.
  • No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
  • No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.

What to do

  1. Update to version 3.1.9.1, or a newer patched version
  2. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
  3. Watch WPML Multilingual CMS to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Jouko Pynnöne.

The "menu sync" function in the WPML plugin before 3.1.9 for WordPress allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary posts, pages, and menus via a crafted request to sitepress-multilingual-cms/menu/menus-sync.php.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

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All 17
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≤4.9.7Update to 5.0.0
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≤4.9.5Update to 4.9.6
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Medium6.5Authenticated (Translator+) SQL Injection via 'sorting' Parameter
≤4.9.5Update to 4.9.6
CVE-2026-12248
Medium6.44.7.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via wpml_language_switcher Shortcode
3.6.0 – 4.7.3Update to 4.7.4
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Critical9.9Authenticated (Contributor+) Remote Code Execution via Twig Server-Side Template Injection
≤4.6.12Update to 4.6.13
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Timeline

  1. CVE published

    Severity high, CVSS 7.5

  2. Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Wordfence record
Vulnerability data
Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
CVE® identifiers
[object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
CVSS / CWE
National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
VulnCrest content
Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.

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