The TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Noise-Key Injection into HTML Parser in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.3 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. Exploitation is possible because WordPress's comment KSES allowlist permits the payload structure — an anchor tag with href and title attributes alongside a code tag — causing the malicious comment to be stored verbatim in the database, where it is later processed by the vulnerable parser during page translation.
CVE-2026-76053
HIGHPre-NVD 7.27.2—Trending — 4 sources updated this week
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence
Score 7.2 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-28. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.2; sources differ by 0.0.
Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
7.2EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.2Exploit: None knownExposed: 0
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 7.2
- EG Score
- 7.2(high)
- EG Risk
- 48(Track)EG Risk 48/100SSVC: 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 computedSeverity72% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability100% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 23%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
August 28, 2026
Last Modified
August 28, 2026
References (15)
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/translatepress-multilingual/tags/3.3.1/assets/lib/simplehtmldom/simple_html_dom.php#L1549
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/translatepress-multilingual/tags/3.3.1/assets/lib/simplehtmldom/simple_html_dom.php#L2125
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/translatepress-multilingual/tags/3.3.1/assets/lib/simplehtmldom/simple_html_dom.php#L2220
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/translatepress-multilingual/tags/3.3.1/assets/lib/simplehtmldom/simple_html_dom.php#L497
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/translatepress-multilingual/tags/3.3.1/includes/class-translation-render.php#L1226
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/translatepress-multilingual/tags/3.3.1/includes/class-translation-render.php#L664
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/translatepress-multilingual/tags/3.3.2/assets/lib/simplehtmldom/simple_html_dom.php#L1549
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/translatepress-multilingual/tags/3.3.2/assets/lib/simplehtmldom/simple_html_dom.php#L2125
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/translatepress-multilingual/tags/3.3.2/assets/lib/simplehtmldom/simple_html_dom.php#L2220
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/translatepress-multilingual/tags/3.3.2/assets/lib/simplehtmldom/simple_html_dom.php#L497
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/translatepress-multilingual/tags/3.3.2/includes/class-translation-render.php#L1226
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/translatepress-multilingual/tags/3.3.2/includes/class-translation-render.php#L664
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3665013/translatepress-multilingual/trunk/assets/lib/simplehtmldom/simple_html_dom.php
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Ftranslatepress-multilingual/tags/3.3.3&new_path=%2Ftranslatepress-multilingual/tags/3.3.4
- security@wordfencehttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/990e04ed-ff17-4e10-9224-64a674a40416?source=cve
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-76053(1)
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Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 14× in last 7d / 14× 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.
- 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-29 21:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-29 08:47 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-29 08:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-28 21:42 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-28 20:30 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-28 20:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-28 19:45 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-28 19:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-28 15:18 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-28 15:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-28 05:26 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-28 04:59 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-28 04:57 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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Frequently asked(5)
What is CVE-2026-76053?
CVE-2026-76053 is a high vulnerability published on August 28, 2026. The TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Noise-Key Injection into HTML Parser in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes…
When was CVE-2026-76053 disclosed?
CVE-2026-76053 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 28, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-76053 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-76053 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 77.5% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-76053?
CVE-2026-76053 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.2 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-76053?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-76053, 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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