Greeklish-permalink < 3.5 - Unauthenticated Post Slug Update
Priority MEDIUM 53Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The Greeklish-permalink WordPress plugin through 3.3 does not implement correct authorization or nonce checks in the cyrtrans_ajax_old AJAX action, allowing unauthenticated and low-privilege users to trigger the plugin's functionality to change Post slugs either directly or through CSRF.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00265 18th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Fixed Greeklish-permalink (Unknown): 3.5
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Greeklish-permalink | before 3.5 | 3.5 | Patch available | CNA |
- Greeklish-permalink VendorUnknown Affected before 3.5 Fixed in 3.5 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:greeklish-permalink_project:greeklish-permalink:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | up to 3.3 | Vulnerable | Greeklish-permalink Project |
- cpe:2.3:a:greeklish-permalink_project:greeklish-permalink:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions up to 3.3 Vulnerable ·Greeklish-permalink Project
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Greeklish-permalink (Unknown) Fixed in 3.5
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-2495
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pvx5-h7p4-ffvx
References
Sources
- CVE-2023-2495 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-2495 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-pvx5-h7p4-ffvx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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