CVE-2026-88784 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Translate WordPress with Weglot 2.0 WordPress plugin before 6.4.3 does not escape the URLs it re-inserts into a page when rewriting links for a translated language, and reverses the encoding that was applied to them beforehand, allowing unauthenticated users to store a payload which executes in the browser of anyone viewing the page in a translated language.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00173.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0a567730-5dd9-4bcb-b955-312979041466/

History

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 11:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-79
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		The Translate WordPress with Weglot 2.0 WordPress plugin before 6.4.3 does not escape the URLs it re-inserts into a page when rewriting links for a translated language, and reverses the encoding that was applied to them beforehand, allowing unauthenticated users to store a payload which executes in the browser of anyone viewing the page in a translated language.
Title		Weglot < 6.4.3 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS via Translated Page Link Rewriting
References		https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0a567730-5dd9-4bcb-b955-312979041466/

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-10-21T06:00:25.557Z

Updated: 2026-10-21T10:35:01.419Z

Reserved: 2026-09-10T07:42:39.835Z

Link: CVE-2026-88784

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-21T10:14:58.695Z

NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-21T06:16:50.617

Modified: 2026-10-21T11:17:10.360

Link: CVE-2026-88784

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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