What is CVE-2026-88784?

CVE-2026-88784 is a high-severity vulnerability in Translate WordPress With Weglot 2.0, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-10-21.

How severe is CVE-2026-88784?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

XSS in Translate WordPress With Weglot 2.0

CVE-2026-88784

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.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2026-10-21 · last modified 2026-10-21.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

Translate WordPress With Weglot 2.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/0a567730-5dd9-4bcb-b955-312979041466/ (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-88784?: CVE-2026-88784 is a high-severity vulnerability in Translate WordPress With Weglot 2.0, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-10-21.
How severe is CVE-2026-88784?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.