# CVE-2022-0765: Loco Translate < 2.6.1 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

> Authenticated users can inject arbitrary JavaScript into translation strings, leading to stored XSS in the admin panel.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Apr 2022
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pr4c-mq97-968p

## What is CVE-2022-0765?

CVE-2022-0765 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Loco Translate, published on 18 Apr 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The Loco Translate WordPress plugin before 2.6.1 does not properly remove inline events from elements in the source translation strings before outputting them in the editor in the plugin admin panel, allowing any user with access to the plugin (Translator and Administrator by default) to add arbitrary javascript payloads to the source strings leading to a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0765?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Loco Translate Project Loco Translate.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-0765?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-0765 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-0765 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-0765 exists.

Public exploit code:

- WordPress Loco Translate < 2.6.1 - Cross-Site Scripting (nuclei): http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-0765.yaml

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Loco Translate

- [CVE-2021-24721](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24721/): Loco Translate < 2.5.4 - Authenticated PHP Code Injection (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-0765 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-0765 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Loco Translate, published on 18 Apr 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-0765 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Loco Translate. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0765/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0765/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0765
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0765
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-0765

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0765/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.