CVE-2026-120537Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
NVDCVSS scored by security@wordfence.com
Vulnerability Summary
The TranslatePress β Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'comment (storage); originals / language / original_language (exfiltration from endpoint)' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
CVSS v3.1 Base Metrics — Score 7.2 (HIGH)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NAttack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeChanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone
Affected & Patched Versions
Not provided by NVD for this CVE.
No patched version published yet
Until a fix ships, reduce exposure:
- Restrict access to the affected service or interface to trusted networks.
- Disable the affected feature if you do not need it.
- Watch the vendor advisory for a firmware or software update.
What to do
Plan remediation soon. No exploitation is confirmed yet, but the severity is high.
- Check whether you run the affected product and which version.
- No patched version is listed yet. Limit access to the affected service to trusted networks, and disable the feature if you can.
- Subscribe to the vendor advisory so you learn when a fix ships.
Timeline
- Nov 7, 2026Published
- Nov 7, 2026Record last modified
Score, severity and exploitation changes are tracked from the day Watchtower started logging them.
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Set up CVE alertsExternal References
- Referencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/translatepress-multilingual/tags/3.3.8/includes/class-translation-render.php#L1061
- Referencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/translatepress-multilingual/tags/3.3.8/includes/functions.php#L206
- Referencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/translatepress-multilingual/tags/3.3.8/includes/trp-ajax.php#L20
- Referencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/translatepress-multilingual/tags/3.3.8/includes/trp-ajax.php#L257
- Referencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3781398/translatepress-multilingual/trunk/includes/trp-ajax.php
- Referencehttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e26d5534-dab1-4562-b770-aae2468505ac?source=cve
Data last checked: Nov 7, 2026 08:01 UTC