Infility Global lets visitors overwrite Google Translate API key
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The Infility Global WordPress plugin before 2.16.25 is missing an authorization check (CWE-862) on an AJAX action open to unauthenticated users. Any visitor can overwrite a machine-translation configuration value that belongs to a companion Infility Global plugin before 2.16.25. A remote visitor needs no account and no user interaction, and the impact on integrity is low. An exploit link is included in the references.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
The Infility Global WordPress plugin before 2.16.25 does not perform any authorisation or nonce check on an AJAX action available to unauthenticated users, allowing any visitor to overwrite a machine-translation configuration value belonging to a companion Infility Global WordPress plugin before 2.16.25.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- 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 | Infility Global | before 2.16.25 | 2.16.25 | Patch available | CNA |
- Infility Global VendorUnknown Affected before 2.16.25 Fixed in 2.16.25 Patch available CNA
Remediation
Update Infility Global to version 2.16.25.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
- Fix · CNA Infility Global (Unknown) Fixed in 2.16.25
Timeline
- 2026-10-22 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-109931
- 2026-10-22 Alias added: GHSA-cv43-3m98-pxjc
- 2026-10-22 CVSS score added · CISA ADP
- 2026-10-22 Weakness changed · CISA ADP
- 2026-10-22 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-109931 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-109931 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-cv43-3m98-pxjc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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