# CVE-2026-120537: TranslatePress \<= 3.3.8 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Attribute via trp-ajax.php Dictionary Endpoint

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-118974, GHSA-J85M-QGJP-XFF3
- Severity: CVSS 7.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-11-07 · Updated: 2026-11-07

CVE-2026-120537 is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. No public exploit code is tracked. It is rated CVSS 7.2 (high) and affects TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation; no fixed version is listed yet.

## Summary

TranslatePress, a WordPress plugin for translating multilingual sites, is affected in versions through 3.3.8. An unauthenticated attacker can reach the flaw remotely, without logging in, and use it to store malicious scripts that run in the browsers of users who open an affected page.

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## Affected

- cozmoslabs TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation: through 3.3.8

## Description

The TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'comment (storage); originals / language / original_language (exfiltration from endpoint)' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.8 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on cozmoslabs TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## FAQ

### Is CVE-2026-120537 being exploited?

It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-120537

### Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-120537?

TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation: through 3.3.8.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-120537

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e26d5534-dab1-4562-b770-aae2468505ac?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/translatepress-multilingual/tags/3.3.8/includes/trp-ajax.php#L20
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/translatepress-multilingual/tags/3.3.8/includes/trp-ajax.php#L257
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/translatepress-multilingual/tags/3.3.8/includes/class-translation-render.php#L1061
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/translatepress-multilingual/tags/3.3.8/includes/functions.php#L206
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3781398/translatepress-multilingual/trunk/includes/trp-ajax.php

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