CVE-2026-17505 TranslatePress <= 3.2.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Unauthenticated attackers can inject arbitrary web scripts via the search parameter, executing code in victim browsers if they click a crafted link.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-17505?
CVE-2026-17505 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in cozmoslabs TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation, published on 5 Aug 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-17505?
How do I fix CVE-2026-17505?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-17505 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2026-17505 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-17505 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7j35-mf26-76vf.