What is CVE-2026-94239?

CVE-2026-94239 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Loco Translate, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2026-10-03.

How severe is CVE-2026-94239?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

XSS in Loco Translate

CVE-2026-94239

The Loco Translate WordPress plugin before 2.8.9 does not sanitise and escape some bundle configuration values before outputting them back in an admin page, allowing users with the translator capability and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against high privilege users such as administrators.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2026-10-03 · last modified 2026-10-03.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/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

Loco Translate

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/6ab3ec44-cf3b-43ac-8c84-51291e9759dc/ (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-94239?: CVE-2026-94239 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Loco Translate, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2026-10-03.
How severe is CVE-2026-94239?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.