Medium severity6.4NVD Advisory· Published Aug 16, 2026· Updated Aug 20, 2026
CVE-2026-15066
CVE-2026-15066
Description
The Loco Translate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via PO File Extracted Comments in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with translator-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
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Affected products
1- Range: <=2.8.7
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/loco-translate/tags/2.8.4/pub/js/min/admin.jsnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/loco-translate/tags/2.8.4/pub/js/min/admin.jsnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/loco-translate/tags/2.8.4/src/ajax/SaveController.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/loco-translate/tags/2.8.5/pub/js/min/admin.jsnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/loco-translate/tags/2.8.5/pub/js/min/admin.jsnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/loco-translate/tags/2.8.5/src/ajax/SaveController.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changesetnvd
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9571a2f3-d148-4e9b-8837-b8d212418613nvd
News mentions
1- Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (August 10, 2026 to August 16, 2026)Wordfence Blog · Aug 21, 2026