CVE-2026-76053

HIGH CVSS 3.1: 7.2
Updated Aug 28, 2026
WordPress
Parameter Value
CVSS 7.2 (HIGH)
Type CWE-79 (Cross-Site Scripting (XSS))
Vendor WordPress
Public PoC No

The TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Noise-Key Injection into HTML Parser in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.3 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. Exploitation is possible because WordPress's comment KSES allowlist permits the payload structure — an anchor tag with href and title attributes alongside a code tag — causing the malicious comment to be stored verbatim in the database, where it is later processed by the vulnerable parser during page translation.

Attack Parameters

Attack Vector
Network
Can be exploited remotely
Attack Complexity
Low
Easy to exploit
Privileges Required
None
No privileges needed
User Interaction
None
No user interaction needed

Impact Assessment

Confidentiality
Low
Partial data leak
Integrity
Low
Partial data modification
Availability
None
No disruption

CVSS Vector v3.1

Vulnerable Products

cozmoslabs:translatepress – translate multilingual sites with ai translation

References 15

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/translatepress-multilingual/tags/3.3…
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3665013/translatepress-multilingua…
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Ftranslatepress-multili…
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https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/990e04ed-ff17-4e10-92…
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