Medium severity6.1NVD Advisory· Published Mar 31, 2026· Updated Apr 24, 2026
CVE-2026-4146
CVE-2026-4146
Description
The Loco Translate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘update_href’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
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Patches
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References
4- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/loco-translate/tags/2.8.2/src/mvc/View.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/loco-translate/tags/2.8.2/tpl/admin/config/version.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3482475/loco-translatenvd
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/faa6c744-7586-47ee-b2ce-af972ee8b4f7nvd
News mentions
1- Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (March 30, 2026 to April 5, 2026)Wordfence Blog · Apr 9, 2026