CVE-2022-4169: Theme And Plugin Translation For Polylang Project Theme And Plugin Translation For Polylang

Medium severity, CVSS 5.3. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Theme and plugin translation for Polylang is vulnerable to authorization bypass in versions up to, and including, 3.2.16 due to missing capability checks in the process_polylang_theme_translation_wp_loaded() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update plugin and theme translation settings and to import translation strings.

Affected products

• Theme And Plugin Translation For Polylang Project Theme And Plugin Translation For Polylang: before 3.2.17 (fixed in 3.2.17)

Published 2022-11-28. Last modified 2026-06-17.