Stored Cross-Site Scripting in TranslatePress Multilingual Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2026-18512

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Translatepress – Translate Multilingual Sites With Ai Translation
Vendor
CVE Published:
25 August 2026

What is CVE-2026-18512?

The TranslatePress plugin for WordPress is susceptible to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to inadequate input validation and output escapement in the Approved Comment Body section of the Translation Editor Strings dropdown. This flaw allows authenticated users, starting from subscriber-level roles, to inject malicious web scripts that can execute on any page a user accesses. Consequently, it poses a significant risk of data manipulation and unauthorized access to sensitive information for users interacting with affected pages.

Affected Version(s)

TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation 0 <= 3.2.6

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/translatepress...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/translatepress...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

momopon1415
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