CVE-2026-86604

GTranslate < 5.0.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via Email Translation

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.

Affected

GTranslate

CVSS v3.1 WPSCAN

4.8 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS

0.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 4th percentile

Published

2026-09-23

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

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

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry