CVE-2026-17505

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.16.1—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 6.1 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-08-05. a secondary CVSS source baseline 6.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekElevated
6.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1%CVSS: 6.1Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

The Translate Multilingual sites – TranslatePress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 's' parameter in versions up to, and including, 3.2.5. This is due to the translate_page() function unconditionally replacing the plugin's internal #!trpst# and #!trpen# marker tokens with literal angle brackets across the entire HTML page output after WordPress has already sanitized and escaped user input — allowing the attacker to bypass WordPress's normal HTML escaping by using these tokens, which are not HTML special characters, in the search query. 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 specially crafted link.

CVSS v3
6.1
EG Score
6.1(high)
EG Risk
43(Track)
EG Risk 43/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity61% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
1%
EPSS %ILE
54%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 5, 2026

Last Modified

August 12, 2026

References (5)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-17505(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 20× in last 7d / 52× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-20 14:20 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-20 14:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-19 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-19 14:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-18 15:47 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-18 15:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-17 15:01 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-17 15:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-08-16 16:14 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-08-16 16:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-08-15 17:28 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-08-15 17:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-08-14 18:41 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-14 18:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-08-13 19:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-12 21:07 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-08-12 21:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-12 13:50 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-08-12 07:55 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-12 07:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-11 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-11 09:09 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-11 09:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-11 00:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-08-10 10:23 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-10 10:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-09 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-08-09 11:37 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-09 11:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-08-08 12:50 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-08 12:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-07 14:04 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-08-07 14:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-06 15:17 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-08-06 15:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-06 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-08-05 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-08-05 16:30 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-08-05 16:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-05 16:13 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-08-05 16:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-05 08:23 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-08-05 07:24 UTCEG score recompute
  27. 2026-08-05 07:20 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Publicly available exploits

(1 reference)

Working exploit code is in the public domain. Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • Nucleihttp/cves/2026/CVE-2026-17505.yaml
    First seen Jan 1, 2026

    WordPress TranslatePress < 3.2.6 - Cross-Site Scripting

    Open source ↗

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-17505?
CVE-2026-17505 is a medium vulnerability published on August 5, 2026. The Translate Multilingual sites – TranslatePress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 's' parameter in versions up to, and including, 3.2.5. This is due to the translate_page() function unconditionally replacing the plugin's internal #!trpst# and #!trpen#…
When was CVE-2026-17505 disclosed?
CVE-2026-17505 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 5, 2026, with the most recent update on August 12, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-17505 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-17505 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 46.0% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-17505?
CVE-2026-17505 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-17505?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-17505, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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