# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7j35-mf26-76vf

## 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 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## 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.

## 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:

- WordPress TranslatePress < 3.2.6 - Cross-Site Scripting (nuclei): http/cves/2026/CVE-2026-17505.yaml

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-17505 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-17505 exists.

Affected product: cozmoslabs TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation. 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-2026-17505/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-17505/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-17505
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-17505
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-17505

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-17505/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.