Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 16, 2026· Updated Jul 16, 2026
Loco Translate <= 2.8.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Remote Code Execution via 'template' Parameter
CVE-2026-15005
Description
The Loco Translate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.5. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the execTemplate function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code on the server by supplying a php://filter stream wrapper URI as the 'template' parameter, which bypasses path validation and is passed directly to the include sink in execTemplate() via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Affected products
1- Range: <=2.8.5
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
10- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/loco-translate/tags/2.8.3/src/mvc/AdminController.phpmitre
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/loco-translate/tags/2.8.3/src/mvc/AdminRouter.phpmitre
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/loco-translate/tags/2.8.3/src/mvc/View.phpmitre
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/loco-translate/tags/2.8.3/src/mvc/View.phpmitre
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/loco-translate/tags/2.8.5/src/mvc/AdminController.phpmitre
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/loco-translate/tags/2.8.5/src/mvc/AdminRouter.phpmitre
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/loco-translate/tags/2.8.5/src/mvc/View.phpmitre
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/loco-translate/tags/2.8.5/src/mvc/View.phpmitre
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changesetmitre
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/241d7a82-5fa5-40e3-9336-823644ca17f0mitre
News mentions
1- Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (July 13, 2026 to July 19, 2026)Wordfence Blog · Jul 23, 2026