Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
A vulnerable TranslatePress configuration can expose an administrator’s password-reset link to anyone on the internet. An attacker obtaining that link could reset the password and take full control of the WordPress site, risking content, customer data, integrations, and availability.
Executive priority
Treat matching configurations as an immediate remediation priority. Internet-facing sites with affected versions and both required settings face plausible administrator takeover without authentication. Prioritize configuration discovery, vendor-confirmed updating, temporary exposure reduction, and compromise review. Sites without the required conditions should still be upgraded through normal emergency change controls.
Technical view
TranslatePress versions through 3.3.1 may persist raw administrator reset URLs in a secondary-language dictionary, then expose them through the unauthenticated trp_get_translations_regular AJAX action. Exploitation requires automatic string saving and an administrator profile locale matching a published secondary language. The disclosed reset key and login parameters can enable administrator takeover.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to WordPress sites running TranslatePress 3.3.1 or earlier where automatic string saving is enabled and an administrator uses a published secondary-language locale. Automatic string saving is reportedly enabled by default. Sites lacking either condition are not described as exploitable by the supplied sources.
Exploitation context
The CVSS score is 9.8 because exploitation is remote, unauthenticated, low complexity, and potentially compromises confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The supplied bundle reports no CISA KEV listing and provides no evidence of active exploitation. Public disclosure and referenced code changes may increase near-term interest.
Researcher notes
The central issue is disclosure of reset secrets stored as translation data, categorized as CWE-640. The supplied references include version 3.3.1 code and changeset 3645229, but the bundle does not explicitly name a fixed release. Confirm the remediation version from vendor guidance. Do not infer exploitation merely from public technical references.
Mitigation direction
- Check vendor guidance and upgrade to a confirmed fixed TranslatePress release as soon as available.
- Until upgraded, disable automatic string saving if operationally acceptable.
- Avoid published secondary-language locales for administrator profiles until remediation is confirmed.
- Reset administrator credentials and sessions if investigation indicates reset-link exposure or account misuse.
Validation and detection
- Inventory WordPress sites running TranslatePress and record each installed version.
- Confirm whether automatic string saving is enabled on each affected site.
- Compare administrator profile locales with all published secondary languages.
- Review web logs for suspicious trp_get_translations_regular AJAX requests.
- Review password-reset, login, administrator, plugin, and content-change activity for anomalies.
- Confirm the installed remediation against the vendor changelog or advisory.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Critical
- CVSS
- 9.8 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H3.95.9WordfenceVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
9.8CriticalVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Vulnerability timeline
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- CVE reservedCVE Program
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- Source timelineWordfence
Vendor Notified
- Source timelineWordfence
Disclosed
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ADP provider summaries
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4f4ebf09-b089-4118-a0ee-399243253f9c?source=cveCVE reference, Wordfence
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/translatepress-multilingual/tags/3.3.1/class-translate-press.php#L531CVE reference, Wordfence
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/translatepress-multilingual/tags/3.3.1/includes/class-translation-render.php#L2371CVE reference, Wordfence
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/translatepress-multilingual/tags/3.3.1/includes/class-editor-api-regular-strings.php#L35CVE reference, Wordfence
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/translatepress-multilingual/tags/3.3.1/includes/queries/class-query.php#L1258CVE reference, Wordfence
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3645229/translatepress-multilingualCVE reference, Wordfence
Products and packages named in the record
CWE details
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