TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites…: Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password
CVE-2026-19632 is a critical-severity weak password recovery mechanism for forgotten password vulnerability in TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation from Cozmoslabs, with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 out of 10. It can be exploited remotely over the network by an unauthenticated attacker, without any action from a user. Affected TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation versions: 3.3.1 and earlier. The record does not name a fixed version, so check the vendor advisory. There is no confirmed exploitation so far. EPSS estimates a 4.5% chance of exploitation within 30 days, which is in the top 8.35% of all scored CVEs.
Critical severity: a successful attack would have severe impact.
What to do
- Check which version of TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation you run against the affected versions below, and install the vendor's latest release.
- Until you can update, restrict network access to the affected service so it is not reachable from untrusted networks.
Affected products and versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cozmoslabs | TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation | 3.3.1 and earlier | Not stated |
Version data comes from the organisation that assigned the CVE. Confirm against the vendor advisory before deciding you are unaffected.
How the severity score breaks down
- Attack vector
- NetworkCan be exploited remotely over a network, including the internet.
- Attack complexity
- LowNo special conditions are needed; the attack works reliably.
- Privileges required
- NoneNo account or login is needed.
- User interaction
- NoneNo action by a victim is required.
- Scope
- UnchangedImpact stays within the vulnerable component.
- Confidentiality
- HighAll data handled by the component can be read.
- Integrity
- HighData or code can be modified at will.
- Availability
- HighThe component can be taken down completely.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. Scored by CNA (wordfence.com).
Official description
The TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.1 via the 'trp_get_translations_regular' AJAX action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract the raw administrator password-reset URL — including the plaintext reset key and login parameters stored in the translation dictionary table — enabling full administrator account takeover. This vulnerability is only exploitable when automatic string saving is enabled (the default setting) and the target administrator's profile locale is set to a published secondary language, as these conditions cause the password-reset URL to be persisted as a translatable string in the secondary-language dictionary table.
Source: the CVE record as published by its numbering authority, via NVD and CVE.org.
The underlying weakness: Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password
The product contains a mechanism for users to recover or change their passwords without knowing the original password, but the mechanism is weak.
How developers prevent this class of flaw
- Make sure that all input supplied by the user to the password recovery mechanism is thoroughly filtered and validated.
- Do not use standard weak security questions and use several security questions.
- Make sure that there is throttling on the number of incorrect answers to a security question. Disable the password recovery functionality after a certain (small) number of incorrect guesses.
More Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password vulnerabilities (CWE-640)
Timeline
- CVE record published.
- CISA published its SSVC assessment (exploitation: none, automatable: yes, technical impact: total).
References
Other references
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/translatepress-multilingual/tags/3.3.1/class-translate-press.php#L361
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/translatepress-multilingual/tags/3.3.1/class-translate-press.php#L531
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/translatepress-multilingual/tags/3.3.1/includes/class-editor-api-regular-s…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/translatepress-multilingual/tags/3.3.1/includes/class-editor-api-regular-s…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/translatepress-multilingual/tags/3.3.1/includes/class-translation-render.p…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/translatepress-multilingual/tags/3.3.1/includes/class-translation-render.p…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/translatepress-multilingual/tags/3.3.1/includes/class-translation-render.p…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/translatepress-multilingual/tags/3.3.1/includes/queries/class-query.php#L1…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3645229/translatepress-multilingual
- wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4f4ebf09-b089-4118-a0ee-399243253f9c?source=cve
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