TI-2025-03066 Aliases CVE-2025-3488 GHSA-mw23-vrfq-v3fh

Cross-site scripting in WPML

LOW 28CWE-79Published 2025-05-02 · Updated 2025-05-02

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · Low · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

The WPML plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's wpml_language_switcher shortcode in versions 3.6.0 - 4.7.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00306 23rd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
WPML	WPML	3.6.0 – 4.7.3	—	No fix listed	CNA

WPML VendorWPML Affected 3.6.0 – 4.7.3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:wpml:wpml::::::wordpress::*	3.6.0 to before 4.7.4	Vulnerable	WPML

cpe:2.3:a:wpml:wpml:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions 3.6.0 to before 4.7.4 Vulnerable ·WPML

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-3488
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mw23-vrfq-v3fh

References

Advisory 1

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/92c1bd85-5f81-4bb6-b6af-6cda85b91b9e?source=cve

Other 2

TI-2024-05928 Code injection in WPML CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
TI-2015-02465 The "menu sync" function in the WPML plugin before 3.1.9 for WordPress allows remote… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.4
TI-2015-02040 SQL injection vulnerability in the WPML plugin before 3.1.9 for WordPress allows remote… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2018-12842 process_forms in the WPML (aka sitepress-multilingual-cms) plugin through 3.6.3 for… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.1
TI-2015-02466 The WPML plugin before 3.1.9 for WordPress does not properly handle multiple actions in a… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2022-22162 WordPress WPML Multilingual CMS premium plugin <= 4.5.13 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8

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Sources

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