WordPress plugin · loco-translate
Is Loco Translate safe?
Safe on 2.8.9 or newer.
The current version, 2.8.9, is past every affected range on record (9 of 9 records list one). Keep it updated and you’re clear of them.
- Flaws on record
- 9
- High or critical
- 1
- Exploited
- none
- Current version
- 2.8.9
- Last updated
- Sep 30, 2026
- Active installs
- 1,000,000+
Every recorded flaw
- Oct 3, 2026Loco Translate: Does not sanitise and escape some bundle configuration values before outputting them back in an admin pageCVE-2026-94239 · fixed in 2.8.9 · reported by WPScanMedium 6.8
- Oct 3, 2026Loco Translate: Does not restrictCVE-2026-94238 · fixed in 2.8.9 · reported by WPScanMedium 6.8
- Aug 16, 2026Loco Translate: Stored Cross-Site ScriptingCVE-2026-15066 · affects up to 2.8.7 · reported by WordfenceMedium 6.4
- Jul 16, 2026Loco Translate: Cross-Site Request ForgeryCVE-2026-15005 · affects up to 2.8.5 · reported by WordfenceHigh 8.8
- May 4, 2026Loco Translate: Path TraversalCVE-2026-1921 · affects up to 2.8.2 · reported by WordfenceMedium 4.9
- Mar 31, 2026Loco Translate: Reflected Cross-Site ScriptingCVE-2026-4146 · affects up to 2.8.2 · reported by WordfenceMedium 6.1
- Jan 2, 2025Loco Translate: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)CVE-2024-37236 · affects up to 2.6.9 · reported by PatchstackMedium 4.3
- Apr 18, 2022Loco Translate: Does not properly remove inline events from elements in the source translation strings before outputting them in the editor in the plugin admin panelCVE-2022-0765 · fixed in 2.6.1 · reported by WPScan3.8% oddsMedium 5.4
- Nov 8, 2021Loco Translate: Mishandles data inputsCVE-2021-24721 · fixed in 2.5.4 · reported by WPScanMedium 6.5
Records come from the National Vulnerability Database, published by the researchers who found each flaw (Wordfence, Patchstack, WPScan and others); exploited status from CISA; exploit odds from FIRST’s EPSS; current version, installs and closures from wordpress.org, checked daily. Want every plugin on your site checked at once? Run the free website check.
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