CVE-2026-18512 Cross-site scripting in TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation
Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via comment bodies in the TranslatePress plugin, leading to stored XSS execution.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-18512?
CVE-2026-18512 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in cozmoslabs TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation, published on 25 Aug 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Approved Comment Body Rendered in Translation Editor Strings Dropdown in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-18512?
How do I fix CVE-2026-18512?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-18512 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-2026-18512 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-18512 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2x24-5vr7-4mrh.