CVE-2026-17505: CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in cozmoslabs TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation
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.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation WordPress plugin versions up to 3.2.5 contain a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability in the 's' parameter. The translate_page() function replaces internal marker tokens (#trpst# and #trpen#) with literal angle brackets in the HTML output after WordPress has sanitized user input. Since these tokens are not HTML special characters, this replacement bypasses WordPress's escaping mechanisms, allowing injection of arbitrary web scripts. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by tricking users into clicking specially crafted links, causing script execution in the victim's browser.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows an unauthenticated attacker to perform reflected cross-site scripting attacks, potentially leading to the execution of arbitrary scripts in the context of the victim's browser. This can result in information disclosure or other client-side impacts. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 6.1 (medium severity), reflecting network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, and partial confidentiality and integrity impact without availability impact.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. 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.
CVE-2026-17505: CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in cozmoslabs TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation
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.
CVSS v3.1
Score 6.1medium
Affected software
cozmoslabs
TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation WordPress plugin versions up to 3.2.5 contain a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability in the 's' parameter. The translate_page() function replaces internal marker tokens (#trpst# and #trpen#) with literal angle brackets in the HTML output after WordPress has sanitized user input. Since these tokens are not HTML special characters, this replacement bypasses WordPress's escaping mechanisms, allowing injection of arbitrary web scripts. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by tricking users into clicking specially crafted links, causing script execution in the victim's browser.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows an unauthenticated attacker to perform reflected cross-site scripting attacks, potentially leading to the execution of arbitrary scripts in the context of the victim's browser. This can result in information disclosure or other client-side impacts. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 6.1 (medium severity), reflecting network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, and partial confidentiality and integrity impact without availability impact.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. 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.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2026-07-26T20:33:50.293Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6a72e5c6bf8831d539734f16
Added to database: 08/05/2026, 07:27:02 UTC
Last enriched: 08/12/2026, 15:28:28 UTC
Last updated: 09/17/2026, 22:01:33 UTC
Views: 56
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