CVE-2026-86604 PUBLISHED

GTranslate < 5.0.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via Email Translation

Assigner: WPScan
Reserved: 08.09.2026 Published: 23.09.2026 Updated: 23.09.2026

The GTranslate WordPress plugin before 5.0.1 does not remove shortcodes from the content of outgoing emails before expanding them which, in a non-default configuration, allows unauthenticated users to have arbitrary shortcodes registered on the site executed server side.

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CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 4.8

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	High	Confidentiality Impact	Low
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	Low
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	None

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	Unknown
Product	GTranslate
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 0 to 5.0.1 (excl.)

Credits

Jakub Herman finder
WPScan coordinator

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/07c6e3a2-e8fe-4b25-a5d8-b5ed812100af/

Problem Types

CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection') CWE