Wp TransliteraWordPress extension · Yur4enko
CVE-2023-27438
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Evgen Yurchenko WP Translitera plugin <= p1.2.5 versions.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the WP Translitera WordPress plugin versions p1.2.5 and earlier. The vulnerability allows attackers to induce authenticated users to perform unintended actions, such as modifying plugin settings, by tricking them into visiting malicious pages while logged in.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Wp TransliteraWordPress extension
<= 1.2.5CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify WP Translitera plugin is installedIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'WP Translitera' or 'Yur4enko Wp Translitera' in the list. Note whether it is active or inactive.Affected if Plugin is installed and active on the WordPress site
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Identify installed plugin versionIn the Plugins list, click on the plugin name to view details, or inspect the plugin header in wp-content/plugins/wp-translitera/wp-translitera.php to find the 'Version:' line.Affected if Version is 1.2.5 or lower
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Confirm WordPress user authentication is possibleVerify that the WordPress site allows user registration/login. Check if non-admin users can authenticate by attempting to log in or by reviewing User > All Users in the admin panel.Affected if The site has any registered users (even subscribers) who can log in
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Inspect plugin settings forms for CSRF protectionAccess the plugin settings page (usually under Settings > WP Translitera or similar). View the page source (right-click > View Page Source) and search for 'nonce' or 'CSRF' tokens in the HTML forms.Affected if Forms lack wp_nonce_field or similar nonce verification tokens
A site is affected if WP Translitera plugin version 1.2.5 or lower is active and the site permits user authentication, with the plugin settings forms missing CSRF token verification.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade to a patched version of the plugin if available; otherwise, disable the plugin until a fix is released. Consider implementing additional CSRF protection at the web application firewall level as a temporary measure.
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Scoped from the published advisory
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- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2023-27438 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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