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Vulnerability record · CVE-2018-18069 · published 8 October 2018

CVE-2018-18069: Wpml cross-site scripting vulnerability

Wpml · Wpml

process_forms in the WPML (aka sitepress-multilingual-cms) plugin through 3.6.3 for WordPress has XSS via any locale_file_name_ parameter (such as locale_file_name_en) in an authenticated theme-localization.php request to wp-admin/admin.php.

6.1 CVSS 3.0 Medium EPSS 13% · top 3.8% CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
6.1CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 4.3
13%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

process_forms in the WPML (aka sitepress-multilingual-cms) plugin through 3.6.3 for WordPress has XSS via any locale_file_name_ parameter (such as locale_file_name_en) in an authenticated theme-localization.php request to wp-admin/admin.php.

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://0x62626262.wordpress.com/2018/10/08/sitepress-multilingual-cms-plugin-unauthenticated-stored-xss/ ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://0x62626262.wordpress.com/2018/10/08/sitepress-multilingual-cms-plugin-unauthenticated-stored-xss/ ExploitThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2018-18069), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.