CVE-2024-12680: Prisna GWT < 1.4.14 - Admin+ Stored XSS

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2025-05-15 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Prisna GWT WordPress plugin before 1.4.14 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

Affected products

Prisna GWT – Google Website Translator: before 1.4.14 — fixed in 1.4.14

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Prisna GWT – Google Website Translator 1.4.14. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/28537fbc-3c2b-40c1-85f0-8b5f94eaad51/
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/28537fbc-3c2b-40c1-85f0-8b5f94eaad51/

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