CVE-2026-15005 PUBLISHED

Loco Translate <= 2.8.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Remote Code Execution via 'template' Parameter

Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 07.07.2026 Published: 16.07.2026 Updated: 16.07.2026

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.

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CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 8.8

Product Status

Vendor timwhitlock
Product Loco Translate
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 2.8.5 (incl.)

Credits

  • mikemyers finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) CWE