Loco Translate, CVE-2022-0765

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2022-0765
Home page URL: Security reports for Loco Translate
Application: Loco Translate
Published on: Apr 18, 2022
Research Description: The Loco Translate WordPress plugin before 2.6.1 does not properly remove inline events from elements in the source translation strings before outputting them in the editor in the plugin admin panel, allowing any user with access to the plugin (Translator and Administrator by default) to add arbitrary javascript payloads to the source strings leading to a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.
Affected versions: Min -, max 2.6.1.
Status: vulnerable