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CVE-2024-29042: Translate Cache Poisoning Vulnerability

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2024-03-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Translate is a package that allows users to convert text to different languages on Node.js and the browser. Prior to version 3.0.0, an attacker controlling the second variable of the `translate` function is able to perform a cache poisoning attack. They can change the outcome of translation requests made by subsequent users. The `opt.id` parameter allows the overwriting of the cache key. If an attacker sets the `id` variable to the cache key that would be generated by another user, they can choose the response that user gets served. Version 3.0.0 fixes this issue.

Affected products

• franciscop translate: before 3.0.0 — fixed in 3.0.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: franciscop translate 3.0.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/franciscop/translate/commit/7a2bf8b9f05f7c45c09683973ef4d8e995804aa4
• https://github.com/franciscop/translate/commit/cc1ba03078102f83e0503a96f1a081489bb865d3
• https://github.com/franciscop/translate/security/advisories/GHSA-882j-4vj5-7vmj
• https://github.com/franciscop/translate/commit/7a2bf8b9f05f7c45c09683973ef4d8e995804aa4
• https://github.com/franciscop/translate/commit/cc1ba03078102f83e0503a96f1a081489bb865d3
• https://github.com/franciscop/translate/security/advisories/GHSA-882j-4vj5-7vmj

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