CVE-2026-96575 Cross-site scripting in Transliterator – Multilingual and Multi-script Text Conversion
Unauthenticated attackers can inject arbitrary web scripts via comment content in the Transliterator WordPress plugin, leading to stored XSS.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-96575?
CVE-2026-96575 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in ivijanstefan Transliterator – Multilingual and Multi-script Text Conversion, published on 3 Oct 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Transliterator – Multilingual and Multi-script Text Conversion plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Content via Predictable {rstr_keep} Placeholder in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.8 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. The payload survives WordPress comment save-time sanitization because the tags and attributes used (such as a[title] and code) are permitted by the core comment kses allow-list, and the literal characters comprising the plugin's shortcode markers and placeholder tokens are not stripped.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-96575?
How do I fix CVE-2026-96575?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-96575 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-2026-96575 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-96575 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vgwh-2jr2-p5w5.