CVE-2026-86604 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The GTranslate WordPress plugin before 5.0.1 does not remove shortcodes from the content of outgoing emails before expanding them which, in a non-default configuration, allows unauthenticated users to have arbitrary shortcodes registered on the site executed server side.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

GTranslate

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 5.0.1

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Project Subscriptions

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/07c6e3a2-e8fe-4b25-a5d8-b5ed812100af/

History

Wed, 23 Sep 2026 11:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		The GTranslate WordPress plugin before 5.0.1 does not remove shortcodes from the content of outgoing emails before expanding them which, in a non-default configuration, allows unauthenticated users to have arbitrary shortcodes registered on the site executed server side.
Title		GTranslate < 5.0.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via Email Translation
Weaknesses		CWE-74
References		https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/07c6e3a2-e8fe-4b25-a5d8-b5ed812100af/
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-09-23T10:11:00.958Z

Updated: 2026-09-23T10:50:00.389Z

Reserved: 2026-09-08T08:38:35.018Z

Link: CVE-2026-86604

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-23T10:33:31.195Z

NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-23T11:17:14.410

Modified: 2026-09-23T11:17:14.410

Link: CVE-2026-86604

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-74

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