Loco Translate <= 2.8.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Remote Code Execution via 'template' Parameter
Published Jul 16, 2026
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.33%
Description
The Loco Translate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.5. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the execTemplate function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code on the server by supplying a php://filter stream wrapper URI as the 'template' parameter, which bypasses path validation and is passed directly to the include sink in execTemplate() via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Affected products
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- Version 0StatusaffectedConstraints<=2.8.5
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
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| Timwhitlock | Loco Translate | unaffected |
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Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
References (11)
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-44898 Advisory
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/loco-translate/tags/2.8.3/src/mvc/AdminController.php#L38
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/loco-translate/tags/2.8.3/src/mvc/AdminRouter.php#L128
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/loco-translate/tags/2.8.3/src/mvc/View.php#L273
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/loco-translate/tags/2.8.3/src/mvc/View.php#L274
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/loco-translate/tags/2.8.5/src/mvc/AdminController.php#L38
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/loco-translate/tags/2.8.5/src/mvc/AdminRouter.php#L128
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/loco-translate/tags/2.8.5/src/mvc/View.php#L273
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/loco-translate/tags/2.8.5/src/mvc/View.php#L274
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3603894%40loco-translate&new=3603894%40loco-translate
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/241d7a82-5fa5-40e3-9336-823644ca17f0?source=cve
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