Loco Translate <= 2.8.2 — Authenticated (Translator+) Path Traversal to Limited File Read via 'ref' Parameter
CVE-2026-1921Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤2.8.2Update to 2.8.3 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium4.9
- CVSS
- 4.9CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:HPrivileges required- High
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:NIntegrity- None
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-22 Path Traversal
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Loco Translate loco-translate
- Affected≤ 2.8.2
- Patched in2.8.3
Update to 2.8.3 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 2.8.2. Version 2.8.3 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Loco Translate.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 2.8.3, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Loco Translate to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to shark3y.
The Loco Translate plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.2 via the `fsReference` AJAX route. This is due to the `findSourceFile()` method normalizing user-supplied `ref` paths containing `../` directory traversal sequences without validating that the resolved path remains within the intended bundle or content directory. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Translator-level access and above (custom `loco_admin` capability required, granted to the `translator` role and administrators by default), to read arbitrary `.php`, `.js`, `.json`, and `.twig` files from the server filesystem outside the intended translation directory. Files named wp-config.php are excluded.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
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|---|---|---|---|
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Translator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤2.8.8Update to 2.8.9 | CVE-2026-94239 | |
| Medium4.3 | Authenticated (Translator+) Limited File Read ≤2.8.8Update to 2.8.9 | CVE-2026-94238 | |
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Translator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via PO File Extracted Comments ≤2.8.7Update to 2.8.8 | CVE-2026-15066 | |
| High8.8 | Cross-Site Request Forgery to Remote Code Execution via 'template' Parameter ≤2.8.5Update to 2.8.6 | CVE-2026-15005 | |
| Medium6.1 | Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via 'update_href' Parameter ≤2.8.2Update to 2.8.3 | CVE-2026-4146 |
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Translator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
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- Medium4.3Authenticated (Translator+) Limited File Read
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- Medium6.4Authenticated (Translator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via PO File Extracted Comments
≤2.8.7Update to 2.8.8
- High8.8Cross-Site Request Forgery to Remote Code Execution via 'template' Parameter
≤2.8.5Update to 2.8.6
- Medium6.1Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via 'update_href' Parameter
≤2.8.2Update to 2.8.3
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 4.9
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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