TranslatePress <= 3.2.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- 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 Translate Multilingual sites – TranslatePress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 's' parameter in versions up to, and including, 3.2.5. This is due to the translate_page() function unconditionally replacing the plugin's internal #!trpst# and #!trpen# marker tokens with literal angle brackets across the entire HTML page output after WordPress has already sanitized and escaped user input — allowing the attacker to bypass WordPress's normal HTML escaping by using these tokens, which are not HTML special characters, in the search query. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a specially crafted link.
Why it matters now
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cozmoslabs | TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation | up to 3.2.5 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation VendorCozmoslabs Affected up to 3.2.5 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-17505
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7j35-mf26-76vf
References
Other 5
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/81d28e90-252f-4b5f-a55b-8cb96292538e?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/translatepress-multilingual/tags/3.2.5/class-translate-press.php#L443
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/translatepress-multilingual/tags/3.2.5/includes/class-translation-render.php#L538
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/translatepress-multilingual/tags/3.2.5/includes/class-search.php#L150
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3624567%40translatepress-multilingual%2Ftrunk%2Fincludes%2Fclass-translation-render.php&old=3617108
More Cozmoslabs vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-06204 profile-builder <= 3.11.8 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-05908 User Profile Builder < 3.11.8 - Unauthenticated Media Upload CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2026-56948 Cozmoslabs Profile Builder Plugin Avatar Simple Upload AJAX admin-ajax.php wppb_ajax_simple_avatar unrestricted upload CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2026-15943 TranslatePress – Multilingual <= 3.3.1 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover via Password Reset Link Disclosure CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-13308 Incorrect type conversion in Cozmoslabs User Profile Builder – Beautiful User… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-06217 Profile Builder <= 3.12.0 - Admin+ Stored Cross Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-17505 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-17505 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7j35-mf26-76vf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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