WordPress Plugin Vulnerability Exposes 400,000 Sites to Account Takeover Attacks

Cybersecuritynews •Abinaya • August 26, 2026

A critical vulnerability in the TranslatePress WordPress plugin could allow unauthenticated attackers to hijack administrator accounts and fully compromise affected websites. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-19632, affects TranslatePress versions up to 3.3.1 and has been fixed in version 3.3.2. TranslatePress is a multilingual WordPress plugin with more than 400,000 active installations. Wordfence assigned the vulnerability […]

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Critical WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities Allow Admin Account Takeover Two critical vulnerabilities have been identified in popular WordPress plugins, TranslatePress and Pods, allowing unauthenticated attackers to take control of administrator accounts. The TranslatePress vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-19632, has a CVSS score of 9.8 and affects all versions up to 3.3.1, impacting over 400,000 sites. The Pods vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-19598, also carries a CVSS score of 9.8 and affects versions up to a certain unspecified version. The CVE-2026-19598 was first made public on August 15, 2026, with a proof-of-concept released on August 19, 2026. Both vulnerabilities pose significant risks to website security, and administrators are urged to take immediate action to mitigate these threats. The current status of the TranslatePress vulnerability is that it was published on August 26, 2026, indicating an urgent need for patching. 23 sources 72

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