# CVE-2026-78267: TranslatePress privilege escalation in multilingual plugin

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-78267-translatepress-privilege-escalation-in-multilingual-plugin  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-08-24. Updated: 2026-09-25  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2026-78267 · Severity: critical · CVSS 9.8 · Published 2026-08-24

TranslatePress is a popular WordPress plugin that enables website translation into multiple languages. This vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to escalate their privileges to administrator level, granting them complete control over a WordPress site including access to all content, user accounts, and configuration settings.

Vendors: [Cozmoslabs](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/cozmoslabs).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2026-78267 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-78267 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-78267?** Critical severity, with a CVSS score of 9.8, published 24 August 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Cozmoslabs TranslatePress <= 3.3.2.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2026-78267?** A patch was published on 2026-08-24: Version 3.3.3 released as patch Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**How is CVE-2026-78267 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in a software library.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-78267?** Check whether you run Cozmoslabs TranslatePress at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Technical details

This is an unauthenticated privilege escalation vulnerability (CWE-269: Improper Access Control) in TranslatePress affecting versions up to 3.3.2. The vulnerability allows an unauthenticated or low-privilege user to gain administrative access to the WordPress installation. The attack vector is network-based with no authentication required. An attacker exploiting this flaw can assume full administrative privileges and perform any action on the affected WordPress site. The vulnerability has been patched in version 3.3.3 and later.

## Affected products

- Cozmoslabs TranslatePress <= 3.3.2

## Timeline

- 2026-08-24: disclosed: CVE-2026-78267 published on NVD
- 2026-08-24: patched: Version 3.3.3 released as patch
- 2026-08-09: reported: Reported to Patchstack by ChuongVN

## References

- [https://wordpress.org/plugins](https://wordpress.org/plugins)
- [https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/translatepress-multilingual/vulnerability/wordpress-translatepress-plugin-3-3-2-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve](https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/translatepress-multilingual/vulnerability/wordpress-translatepress-plugin-3-3-2-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve)

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- [Cozmoslabs TranslatePress stored cross-site scripting](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-103062-improper-neutralization-of-input-during-web-page-generation)