๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-15066

MEDIUM 6.4

Loco Translate <= 2.8.7 - Authenticated (Translator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via PO File Extracted Comments

CVSS Score
6.4
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

The Loco Translate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via PO File Extracted Comments in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with translator-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

CWE CWE-79
Vendor timwhitlock
Product loco translate
Published Aug 16, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Affected Versions

timwhitlock / Loco Translate
0 โ‰ค 2.8.7

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9571a2f3-d148-4e9b-8837-b8d212418613?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/loco-translate/tags/2.8.5/pub/js/min/admin.js#L1404 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/loco-translate/tags/2.8.5/pub/js/min/admin.js#L3533 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/loco-translate/tags/2.8.5/src/ajax/SaveController.php#L52 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/loco-translate/tags/2.8.4/pub/js/min/admin.js#L1404 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/loco-translate/tags/2.8.4/pub/js/min/admin.js#L3533 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/loco-translate/tags/2.8.4/src/ajax/SaveController.php#L52 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3631056%40loco-translate&new=3631056%40loco-translate

Credits

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