CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-96575

HighCVSS 7.2
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.24%

13th percentile - higher than 13% of all known CVEs

Summary

The Transliterator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting via comment content using a predictable {rstr_keep} placeholder in versions up to and including 2.5.8. Unauthenticated attackers can inject arbitrary web scripts that execute when a user accesses an injected page. The payload survives WordPress comment sanitization because the tags and attributes used are permitted by the core comment kses allow-list.

Risk Assessment

The risk involves potential execution of malicious scripts in users' browsers, which could lead to data theft or further attacks. The attack can be performed by anyone without authentication.

Recommendation

Immediately update the Transliterator plugin to the latest version with a fix. Also consider strengthening comment sanitization or disabling placeholder functionality.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The Transliterator – Multilingual and Multi-script Text Conversion plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Content via Predictable {rstr_keep} Placeholder in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.8 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. The payload survives WordPress comment save-time sanitization because the tags and attributes used (such as a[title] and code) are permitted by the core comment kses allow-list, and the literal characters comprising the plugin's shortcode markers and placeholder tokens are not stripped.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS