Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate as subscriber-level user
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DeliverySubmit crafted 'podata' parameter
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ExploitStore malicious .po/.mo translation file
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Executionload_textdomain_mofile serves poisoned strings
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ImpactScript executes in victim browser
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Requires the PO/MO Editor plugin (≤1.4.2) installed and active, plus a valid authenticated account with subscriber-level capability or higher (CVSS PR:L) - realistic on sites with open user registration enabled. Exploitation occurs through the 'podata' parameter, which lacks input sanitization and output escaping; the stored payload is injected as a replacement .po/.mo translation file and executed via the plugin's load_textdomain_mofile filter when any user renders an affected page. Limiting factors: an attacker must first obtain a low-privilege account (not anonymous/unauthenticated), the vulnerable plugin must be present, and impact (C:L/I:L, no availability effect) is bounded to script execution in victim browsers rather than direct server compromise. |
| Impact | This is a medium-severity stored XSS (CVSS 6.4, CWE-79) reported by Wordfence, a credible WordPress-vulnerability source. The provided CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N) indicates network-reachable, low-complexity exploitation requiring only low privileges (PR:L) and no user interaction to inject, with a scope change (S:C) reflecting that the stored payload executes in other users' browser contexts. No EPSS score, CISA KEV listing, or public POC was provided in the input, so exploitation probability and real-world activity cannot be quantified from available signals - exploitation status is therefore 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis.' The signals are internally consistent and not conflicting: a genuinely low-barrier flaw (subscriber-level accounts are common on open-registration WordPress sites) but with only Low confidentiality/integrity impact and no availability impact. The notable technical twist - the payload is served as a replacement core translation file via the plugin's own load_textdomain_mofile filter - broadens blast radius because poisoned strings render across arbitrary pages, which supports the S:C scope rating. Overall this is a real but moderate priority: prioritize where the PO/MO Editor plugin is installed and user self-registration is enabled; deprioritize on locked-down single-admin sites where no low-privilege accounts exist. Absence of KEV/EPSS/POC here means lack of evidence, not evidence of low risk - verify against a live feed before final triage. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker registers or obtains a subscriber-level account on a WordPress site running PO/MO Editor ≤1.4.2 and submits a crafted 'podata' parameter containing a malicious translation entry. The plugin stores this as a .po/.mo file and, via its load_textdomain_mofile filter, serves the attacker-controlled translation in place of legitimate core strings, so the injected script executes in the browser of any user - including an administrator - who subsequently loads an affected page. No public exploit code was identified in the provided data, and no user interaction is required to plant the payload. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 14, 2026
Stored cross-site scripting in the PO/MO Editor WordPress plugin, affecting all versions up to and including 1.4.2, allows an authenticated attacker with subscriber-level access or higher to inject arbitrary script through the 'podata' parameter, which the plugin persists and later serves as a replacement .po/.mo translation file via its load_textdomain_mofile filter. Because the injected translation is rendered for any visitor loading an affected page, a low-privilege account on a site with open registration enabled is sufficient to seed persistent script execution in other users' browsers; the CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, score 6.4) reflects network reachability, no user interaction beyond page view, scope change, and limited confidentiality and integrity impact with no availability effect. Exploitation requires the plugin to be installed and active plus a valid low-privilege account, and no public exploit code or confirmed active exploitation (CISA KEV) was identified at time of analysis.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch or fixed version is identified in the available data, so the definitive references remain the Wordfence advisory (https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a06e1a22-f660-401b-bfbf-0064a9220c26?source=cve) and the plugin Trac source links for class-pomoeditor-manager.php and class-pomoeditor-system.php, which should be re-checked for a released fix before upgrading. Until a patched release is confirmed, the most reliable mitigation is to deactivate and remove the PO/MO Editor plugin entirely if its translation-editing functionality is not required, accepting the loss of that feature; simply deactivating without cleanup leaves attacker-written .po/.mo files in place, so audit the WordPress uploads and translation directories for unexpected or recently modified catalog files and delete any that cannot be attributed to legitimate translation work. Because exploitation requires an authenticated subscriber-level account (CVSS PR:L), reduce the attack surface by disabling open user registration if it is not needed, tightening default roles, and auditing existing low-privilege accounts for suspicious activity - these measures lower the likelihood of an attacker obtaining the required foothold but do not remediate the underlying flaw, and they can break legitimate multi-author or membership workflows. A virtual patch or WAF rule that blocks or sanitizes the 'podata' parameter on requests to plugin endpoints offers interim protection with the trade-off of possible false positives against legitimate translation saves, and because the payload is stored it will not remove scripts already persisted. Finally, treat any injected translation catalog as compromised content and review site pages and user sessions for evidence of script delivery.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The root cause is CWE-79, improper neutralization of input during web page generation, in a WordPress i18n utility plugin that manages gettext .po/.mo translation catalogs. WordPress loads translation catalogs through the load_textdomain_mofile filter, and PO/MO Editor hooks that filter to substitute its own stored translation file; per the referenced source in class-pomoeditor-manager.php (lines 41, 110, 115 and 177) and class-pomoeditor-system.php (line 78), the 'podata' parameter is written without adequate input sanitization and later emitted without output escaping. The result is not a conventional reflected/stored content XSS but a translation-poisoning variant: attacker-controlled strings are written into a .mo file that WordPress then treats as authoritative translation data and renders in place of the original core strings. The CVSS scope-change (S:C) designation is consistent with this, since script executes in the context of pages and components beyond the vulnerable plugin itself. The affected package is identified by CPE cpe:2.3:a:dougwollison:po/mo_editor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (vendor dougwollison), mirrored in ENISA EUVD record EUVD-2026-100791, which lists the affected range as PO/MO Editor 0 through 1.4.2. The vulnerability was reported by Wordfence, a credible WordPress-focused vulnerability source.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Network-reachable plugin endpoint (AV:N/AC:L), requires a low-privilege subscriber account (PR:L), stored payload needs no interaction to plant (UI:N), and executes in other users' contexts affecting rendered pages site-wide (S:C) with limited C/I impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (Wordfence).
CVSS VectorVendor: Wordfence
DescriptionCVE.org
The PO/MO Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'podata' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The injected payload is loaded as a replacement .po/.mo translation file via the plugin's own load_textdomain_mofile filter, causing WordPress to serve the attacker-written translation in place of the original core strings.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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Attack Technique
Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.
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GHSA-5c2x-59qc-4m85
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