The Falang multilanguage for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'falang_term[<taxonomy>][<locale>][<field>] (via order[] driving wp_update_term)' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.6 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. The exploit is made reliable because the required 'falang' nonce is disclosed to any logged-in user through the equally unprotected wp_ajax_falang_menu_translation handler, requiring no elevated access to obtain.
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| Description | The Falang multilanguage for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'falang_term[<taxonomy>][<locale>][<field>] (via order[] driving wp_update_term)' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.6 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. The exploit is made reliable because the required 'falang' nonce is disclosed to any logged-in user through the equally unprotected wp_ajax_falang_menu_translation handler, requiring no elevated access to obtain. | |
| Title | Falang multilanguage for WordPress <= 1.4.6 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via falang_term[] via `falang_language_ordering` AJAX / `edit_term` hook | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-79 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Wordfence
Published:
Updated: 2026-11-07T18:06:01.884Z
Reserved: 2026-10-27T15:16:13.282Z
Link: CVE-2026-118047
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2026-11-07T12:17:43.230
Modified: 2026-11-07T18:17:13.030
Link: CVE-2026-118047
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Updated: 2026-11-07T12:30:17Z
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