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GHSA-PVGP-75FV-2H99

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-19 09:31 – Updated: 2026-08-19 09:31

Details

The TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to and including 3.2.5. The special gettext markers '#!trpst#' and '#!trpen#' are unconditionally rewritten to '<' and '>' by translate_page() in includes/class-translation-render.php (lines 538-539). Because those markers are plain text with no HTML-special characters, an unauthenticated attacker can embed them in a comment; the markers survive wp_kses, and when the post is viewed in a secondary language the substitution turns the attacker's '#!trpst#img ... #!trpen#' into a real tag. remove_tags_from_output() only strips /, so an executes in the visitor's browser.

Severity

7.2 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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  "id": "GHSA-pvgp-75fv-2h99",
  "modified": "2026-08-19T09:31:22Z",
  "published": "2026-08-19T09:31:22Z",
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    },
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      "type": "WEB",
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    },
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      "type": "WEB",
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CVE-2026-75981 (GCVE-0-2026-75981)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-19 06:37 – Updated: 2026-08-19 15:45

Title

TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation <= 3.2.5 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Summary

The TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to and including 3.2.5. The special gettext markers '#!trpst#' and '#!trpen#' are unconditionally rewritten to '<' and '>' by translate_page() in includes/class-translation-render.php (lines 538-539). Because those markers are plain text with no HTML-special characters, an unauthenticated attacker can embed them in a comment; the markers survive wp_kses, and when the post is viewed in a secondary language the substitution turns the attacker's '#!trpst#img ... #!trpen#' into a real <img> tag. remove_tags_from_output() only strips <script>/<style>, so an <img onerror=...> executes in the visitor's browser.

Severity

7.2 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-19 15:45 UTC

CWE

CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Assigner

Wordfence mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/transl…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/transl…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
cozmoslabs	TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation	Affected: 0 , ≤ 3.2.5 (semver)

Credits

Pham Duc Anh

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