CVE-2026-75981

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.

CVSS v3 7.2 HIGH

7.2^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/translatepress-multilingual/tags/3.2.5/includes/class-translation-render.php#L538
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/translatepress-multilingual/tags/3.2.5/includes/class-translation-render.php#L539
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fec48853-afa5-4310-be2e-e86c01ece227?source=cve

Configurations

No configuration.

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-08-19 07:16

Updated : 2026-08-20 12:48

NVD link : CVE-2026-75981

Mitre link : CVE-2026-75981

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-75981

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-79

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

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