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400,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Account Takeover Vulnerability in TranslatePress WordPress Plugin

medwordfencePublished 2026-08-25

<p>On August 11th, 2026, we received a submission for an Unauthenticated Account Takeover vulnerability in <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/translatepress-multilingual/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">TranslatePress</a>, a WordPress plugin with more than 400,000 active installations. This vulnerability makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to obtain an administrator&#8217;s passwor

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Original source: https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2026/08/400000-wordpress-sites-affected-by-account-takeover-vulnerability-in-translatepress-wordpress-plugin/