Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in My WP Translate Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2025-8425

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
My WP Translate
Vendor
CVE Published:
11 September 2025

What is CVE-2025-8425?

The My WP Translate plugin is susceptible to unauthorized data manipulation due to a lack of crucial capability checks in the ajax_import_strings() function. This flaw affects all versions up to and including 1.1, allowing authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access and higher to change site options. Exploitation of this vulnerability could enable attackers to alter the default registration role to administrator and activate user registration, facilitating unauthorized administrative access to compromised sites.

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Affected Version(s)

My WP Translate * <= 1.1

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/my-wp-translat...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Arkadiusz Hydzik
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