CVE-2026-96575

Transliterator <= 2.5.8 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Content via Predictable {rstr_keep} Placeholder

Published Oct 3, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 7.2 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The Transliterator – Multilingual and Multi-script Text Conversion plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Content via Predictable {rstr_keep} Placeholder in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.8 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. The payload survives WordPress comment save-time sanitization because the tags and attributes used (such as a[title] and code) are permitted by the core comment kses allow-list, and the literal characters comprising the plugin's shortcode markers and placeholder tokens are not stripped.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Ivijanstefan
Ivijanstefan transliterator
Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions transliterator
Vendors & Products Ivijanstefan
Ivijanstefan transliterator
Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions transliterator
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Transliterator – Multilingual and Multi-script Text Conversion plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Content via Predictable {rstr_keep} Placeholder in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.8 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. The payload survives WordPress comment save-time sanitization because the tags and attributes used (such as a[title] and code) are permitted by the core comment kses allow-list, and the literal characters comprising the plugin's shortcode markers and placeholder tokens are not stripped.
Title Transliterator <= 2.5.8 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Content via Predictable {rstr_keep} Placeholder
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Wordfence
Published
Updated
Oct 3, 2026, 3:42 PM
Reserved
Sep 23, 2026, 1:30 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Oct 3, 2026, 6:16 AM
Modified
Oct 6, 2026, 3:04 PM