CVE-2026-17505: TranslatePress (WordPress plugin) · Cross-site Scripting
Affects TranslatePress (WordPress plugin)Source CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · public detection template (Nuclei) · CVSS 6.1 Medium.
Data as of 3 Nov 2026, 22:58 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 58% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 5 Aug 2026
Detectable: evidence found.
nuclei template: WordPress TranslatePress < 3.2.6 - Cross-Site Scripting
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 3 Nov 2026.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| cozmoslabsTranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation | Affected
| Fixed in– |
AI-suggested
Until an official fix is available, users should consider disabling or restricting the use of the affected 's' parameter or applying web application firewall rules to detect and block malicious payloads targeting this parameter.
Description
TranslatePress plugin for WordPress versions up to and including 3.2.5 is vulnerable to reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) via the 's' parameter. The vulnerability arises because the plugin replaces internal marker tokens with literal angle brackets after WordPress sanitization, allowing attackers to bypass normal HTML escaping. This enables unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary scripts that execute when a user clicks a crafted link.
References
- wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/81d28e90-252f-4b5f-a55b-8cb96292538e?source=cve (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/translatepress-multilingual/tags/3.2.5/class-translate-press.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/translatepress-multilingual/tags/3.2.5/includes/class-translation-render.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/translatepress-multilingual/tags/3.2.5/includes/class-search.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3624567%40translatepress-multilingual%2Ftrunk%2Fincludes%2Fclass-translation-render.php&old=3617108 (opens in a new tab)