CVE-2021-24910: Transposh WordPress Translation < 1.0.8 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-08-22 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Transposh WordPress Translation WordPress plugin before 1.0.8 does not sanitise and escape the a parameter via an AJAX action (available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users when the curl library is installed) before outputting it back in the response, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue

Affected products

Transposh WordPress Translation: before 1.0.8 — fixed in 1.0.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Transposh WordPress Translation 1.0.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b5cbebf4-5749-41a0-8be3-3333853fca17
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b5cbebf4-5749-41a0-8be3-3333853fca17

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