mgoggie

Sorry to be pedantic about this, but I treat security issues pretty seriously. I can’t see how the issue would have resolved itself if you did not make changes to the plugin. Surely you needed to make changes to the plugin to address the issue, and it should be noted in the changelog. Can you please explain how it could have resolved itself?

I see that 2.2.4 is available, but there is no mention of a fix for this vulnerability in the changelog. Has the issue been fixed? If so, please note it in the changelog so people can be aware that they should definitely update the plugin. I also note that the changelog on your villatheme site states that 2.2.5 was released on 2024.10.28. This version is not showing on the WP plugins page as being available and also does not list the vulnerability as being fixed.

This issue has been reported for a while now and is fairly critical. Can you please advise how soon you plan to remedy this?

@mikes41720 Michael,

Were you viewing the product pages as an admin for editing, not on the front end of the site?

Do I need to set up a test site for you. It’s up to you, I am quite happy to use an alternative product for page/post duplication, but I am just trying to help you.

Guys,

• you can download the free version of TranslatePress, you do not need the paid version. The test site I set up only has the free version installed.
• I have also noted that this issue is not limited to TranslatePress, but is just a lot more noticeable with it installed.

Michael,

My site is a large eCommerce, membership and eLearning site and so tends to be a bit slower than a very small site, so the issues are more apparent.

However, I have just added your plugin to a small test site I have with almost nothing on it. I added WooCommerce and find that loading a product page is pretty much doubled in time when enabling your plugin. I’m sure you can set up a test site yourself with WooCommerce and replicate this. Note I had disabled all other plugins when testing this except for WooCommerce and yours.

Michael,

The 503 is just a symptom of the page taking too long to load.

I have tested this on a local copy of the site and disabled all plugins except for Woocommerce and can confirm that page load times for a Product more than doubled with your plugin activated.

I have tested my local copy of the site replacing your plugin with another page duplication plugin and have no issues when using that.

@keraweb Could someone please confirm that this is being investigated?

@lichtruud this is marked as resolved. How did you resolve it? I still get the issue with pods 2.8.17 which was just released. I have confirmed the problem was introduced with pods 2.8.11. Versions prior to that are OK.
I tested the filter and it made no difference for me.