CVE-2023-54413
WPML Multilingual CMS plugin for WordPress before 4.6.1 contains a reflected cross-site scripting…
- Risk score
- 42/100
- CVSS
- 6.1 v3.1
- Exploit chance (30 days)
- 0.3%
- Published
- 22 Oct 2026
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What to know
- What it is
- WPML Multilingual CMS plugin for WordPress before 4.6.1 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to inject script by supplying crafted input in the wp_lang parameter. Attackers can lure users to /wp-login.php with a wp_lang value injecting an image input with an obf…
- Affected
- See advisory
- Fix
- Upgrade the product to 4.6.1 or later.
- Exploitation
- No known exploitation
Why it is Yellow
- CVSS 6.1 medium
References
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/wordpress/wpml-multilingual-cms-xss.yaml
- https://wpml.org/changelog/2023/03/wpml-4-6-1-important-security-update/
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b9cc519c-7ec2-42c3-9f42-01e928e12139/
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wpml-multilingual-cms-wordpress-plugin-4.6.1-reflected-xss-via-wp-login-php-wp-lang
Original description
WPML Multilingual CMS plugin for WordPress before 4.6.1 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to inject script by supplying crafted input in the wp_lang parameter. Attackers can lure users to /wp-login.php with a wp_lang value injecting an image input with an obfuscated onfocus handler to execute JavaScript in the victim's browser. Exploitation evidence was first observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2025-11-12.
Last activity 22 Oct 2026. Patch Forecast updates every hour.