The TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored
Source GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.2 High.
Data as of 7 Nov 2026, 08:47 UTC
Thin evidence
One scorer or none| CNA (Wordfence) | CVSS 3.1 | 7.2 |
|---|
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 7 Nov 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
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 6 Nov 2026.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| cozmoslabsTranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation | Affected
| Fixed in– |
AI-suggested
Until a fix is available, administrators should consider disabling comments or secondary language features as a temporary mitigation and monitor for updates from the TranslatePress vendor.
Description
The TranslatePress plugin for WordPress versions up to and including 3.3.8 is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting (XSS) via the 'comment' parameter. This vulnerability arises from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping, allowing unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts. Exploitation requires that the attacker's comment is previously approved under WordPress's default moderation and that a secondary language is configured in TranslatePress.
References
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-119167 (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/translatepress-multilingual/tags/3.3.8/includes/class-translation-render.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/translatepress-multilingual/tags/3.3.8/includes/class-translation-render.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/translatepress-multilingual/tags/3.3.8/includes/class-translation-render.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/translatepress-multilingual/tags/3.3.8/includes/class-translation-render.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3781398/translatepress-multilingual/trunk/includes/class-translation-render.php (opens in a new tab)
- wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5ca0e369-45a1-4601-bd9b-33a0bb5ca062?source=cve (opens in a new tab)