CVE-2026-120537

Description

The TranslatePress – 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.

Overview

State: PUBLISHED
Assigner (CNA): Wordfence
CVSS severity: HIGH
CVSS score: 7.2 / 10
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Effective score: 7.2 / 10 HIGH source: CNA overview
CWE(s): CWE-79
Reserved: 2026-11-02
Published: 2026-11-07 06:39 UTC
Last updated: 2026-11-07 18:06 UTC
Source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/main/cves/2026/120xxx/CVE-2026-120537.json
Linked Threat: CVE-2026-120537 — TranslatePress <= 3.3.8 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Attribute via trp-ajax.php Dictionary Endpoint

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NVD published: 2026-11-07 07:17:04 UTC
NVD last modified: 2026-11-07 18:17:17 UTC
NVD CVSS v3.1: 7.2 / 10 HIGH source: security@wordfence.com
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Exploitability subscore: 3.9 / 10
Impact subscore: 2.7 / 10
EPSS score: 0.0025 (probability of exploitation in next 30 days)
EPSS percentile: 15.95% vs all CVEs — higher = more likely to be exploited, as of 2026-11-07

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EUVD ID: EUVD-2026-118974
Assigner: Wordfence
Published: Nov 7, 2026, 6:39:42 AM
Updated: Nov 7, 2026, 6:06:05 PM
EUVD base score (CVSS 3.1): 7.2 / 10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EUVD-reported EPSS: 0.2500
Vendors: Cozmoslabs
Products: TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation (0 ≤3.3.8)
Aliases: GHSA-j85m-qgjp-xff3

ENISA description: The TranslatePress – 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.

EUVD references (6)

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Versions	Platforms
cozmoslabs	TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation	`0` (affected)	—

Vendor references (6)

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NVD-tagged references (6)

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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/translatepress-multilingual/tags/3.3.8/includes/class-translation-render.php#L1061 security@wordfence.com
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/translatepress-multilingual/tags/3.3.8/includes/functions.php#L206 security@wordfence.com
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/translatepress-multilingual/tags/3.3.8/includes/trp-ajax.php#L20 security@wordfence.com
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/translatepress-multilingual/tags/3.3.8/includes/trp-ajax.php#L257 security@wordfence.com
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3781398/translatepress-multilingual/trunk/includes/trp-ajax.php security@wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e26d5534-dab1-4562-b770-aae2468505ac?source=cve security@wordfence.com

Indicators (1)

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Type	Value	VirusTotal	Attached
cve	`CVE-2026-120537`	no local data	2026-11-06 20:19 UTC

Remediations (1)

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Wordfence remediation: TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation

Wordfence

Update to version 3.3.9, or a newer patched version

2026-11-06 20:19 UTC

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Raw JSON

The full cvelistV5 record. Download as CVE-2026-120537.json.

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