Loco Translate <= 2.5.3 - Authenticated PHP Code Injection

6.5
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
CVE CVE-2021-24721
CVSS 6.5 (Medium)
Publicly Published October 11, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Tomi Ashari

Description

The Loco Translate WordPress plugin before 2.5.4 mishandles data inputs which get saved to a file, which can be renamed to an extension ending in .php, resulting in authenticated "translator" users being able to inject PHP code into files ending with .php in web accessible locations.

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Vulnerability Details for Loco Translate

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug loco-translate (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 2.5.4, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 2.5.4
Patched Version
  • 2.5.4

Recent vulnerabilities in Loco Translate

# Title CVE ID CVSS Researchers Date
1 Loco Translate <= 2.8.7 - Authenticated (Translator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via PO File Extracted Comments CVE-2026-15066 6.4 MatilJ August 15, 2026
2 Loco Translate <= 2.8.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Remote Code Execution via 'template' Parameter CVE-2026-15005 8.8 mikemyers July 15, 2026
3 Loco Translate <= 2.8.2 - Authenticated (Translator+) Path Traversal to Limited File Read via 'ref' Parameter CVE-2026-1921 4.9 shark3y May 4, 2026
4 Loco Translate <= 2.8.2 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via 'update_href' Parameter CVE-2026-4146 6.1 AlexHenry March 30, 2026
5 Loco Translate <= 2.6.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery CVE-2024-37236 4.3 Nosa "apapedulimu" Shandy June 21, 2024
6 Loco Translate <= 2.6.0 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVE-2022-0765 6.4 Taurus Omar March 22, 2022

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