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The exploit is made reliable because the required 'falang' nonce is disclosed to any logged-in user through the equally unprotected wp_ajax_falang_menu_translation handler, requiring no elevated access to obtain.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":6.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-12","score":0.00357,"percentile":0.29875,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-79"],"published":"2026-11-07T11:26:25Z","modified":"2026-11-07T12:32:01Z","products":[{"vendor":"faboba","product":"falang multilanguage for wordpress"},{"vendor":"sbouey","product":"falang multilanguage for wordpress"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2b995c66-f228-427e-b1b1-edcd5cb38041?source=cve"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/falang/tags/1.4.6/admin/views/falang_term_translation_page.php#L197"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/falang/tags/1.4.6/admin/class-falang-admin.php#L1721"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/falang/tags/1.4.6/admin/class-falang-admin.php#L2739"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/falang/tags/1.4.6/admin/class-falang-admin.php#L2904"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/falang/tags/1.4.6/admin/class-falang-admin.php#L2995"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/falang/tags/1.4.6/admin/views/edit_menu_page.php#L135"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=\u0026old=3788331%40falang\u0026new=3788331%40falang"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-118047"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hcpg-c6qf-x673"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-118047","title":"Falang multilanguage for WordPress \u003c= 1.4.6 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via falang_term[] via `falang_language_ordering` AJAX / `edit_term` hook","description":"The Falang multilanguage for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'falang_term[\u003ctaxonomy\u003e][\u003clocale\u003e][\u003cfield\u003e] (via order[] driving wp_update_term)' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.6 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 exploit is made reliable because the required 'falang' nonce is disclosed to any logged-in user through the equally unprotected wp_ajax_falang_menu_translation handler, requiring no elevated access to obtain.","status":"published","published":"2026-11-07T11:26:25.836Z","modified":"2026-11-07T18:06:01.884Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-07T12:33:58.237937Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-119138","description":"The Falang multilanguage for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'falang_term[\u003ctaxonomy\u003e][\u003clocale\u003e][\u003cfield\u003e] (via order[] driving wp_update_term)' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.6 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 exploit is made reliable because the required 'falang' nonce is disclosed to any logged-in user through the equally unprotected wp_ajax_falang_menu_translation handler, requiring no elevated access to obtain.","status":"published","published":"2026-11-07T11:26:25Z","modified":"2026-11-07T18:06:01Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-07T15:09:43.759879Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-hcpg-c6qf-x673","title":"The Falang multilanguage for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site...","description":"The Falang multilanguage for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'falang_term[\u003ctaxonomy\u003e][\u003clocale\u003e][\u003cfield\u003e] (via order[] driving wp_update_term)' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.6 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 exploit is made reliable because the required 'falang' nonce is disclosed to any logged-in user through the equally unprotected wp_ajax_falang_menu_translation handler, requiring no elevated access to obtain.","status":"published","published":"2026-11-07T12:31:52Z","modified":"2026-11-07T12:32:01Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-07T12:37:15.096654Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-118047","description":"The Falang multilanguage for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'falang_term[\u003ctaxonomy\u003e][\u003clocale\u003e][\u003cfield\u003e] (via order[] driving wp_update_term)' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.6 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 exploit is made reliable because the required 'falang' nonce is disclosed to any logged-in user through the equally unprotected wp_ajax_falang_menu_translation handler, requiring no elevated access to obtain.","status":"published","published":"2026-11-07T12:17:43.23Z","modified":"2026-11-07T18:17:13.03Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-07T20:06:33.603746Z"}]}}