CVE-2022-3141
Translatepress Multilinugal < 2.3.3 - Admin+ SQLi
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2022-3141- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-89
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Translatepress Multilinugal < 2.3.3 - Admin+ SQLi
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.
- Record
CVE-2022-3141- Weakness
- CWE-89
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-42568 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2022-42568- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wqgh-r4cx-5f6g
The Translate Multilingual sites WordPress plugin before 2.3.3 is vulnerable to an authenticated...
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.
- Record
GHSA-wqgh-r4cx-5f6g- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-89
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Translatepress Multilinugal WordPress plugin < 2.3.3 - Authenticated SQL Injection | 2023-03-25 |
| PoC in GitHub | Tomoe-12/CVE_2022_3141 | 2025-07-06 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-3141 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Cozmoslabs Translatepress, published September 19, 2022. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.20%, the 92nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
medium.com/%40elias.hohl/authenticated-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-translatepress-multilingual-wordpress-plugin-effc08eda514
wpscan.com/vulnerability/1fa355d1-cca8-4b27-9d21-0b420a2e1bf3
packetstormsecurity.com/files/171479/WordPress-Translatepress-Multilingual-SQL-Injection.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3141
github.com/advisories/GHSA-wqgh-r4cx-5f6g