---
id: CVE-2026-96575
title: >-
  The Transliterator – Multilingual and Multi-script Text Conversion plugin for
  WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Content via
  Predictable {rstr_keep} Placeholder in all versions up to, and including,
  2.5.8 …
summary: >-
  The Transliterator – Multilingual and Multi-script Text Conversion plugin for
  WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Content via
  Predictable {rstr_keep} Placeholder in all versions up to, and including,
  2.5.8 …
severity: high
cvss: 7.2
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-79
vendor: ivijanstefan
product: Transliterator – Multilingual and Multi-script Text Conversion
affected:
  - transliterator_multilingual_and_multi-script_text_conversion <= 2.5.8
published: '2026-10-03'
updated: '2026-10-03'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-03T06:16:47.920'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96575'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/serbian-transliteration/tags/2.5.8/classes/controller.php#L659
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/serbian-transliteration/tags/2.5.8/classes/controller.php#L679
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/serbian-transliteration/tags/2.5.8/classes/controller.php#L689
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3714692%40serbian-transliteration&new=3714692%40serbian-transliteration
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f31bf520-2006-496b-b487-62faea679cf6?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ingestedAt: '2026-10-03T06:39:57.569Z'
---

## Overview

The Transliterator – Multilingual and Multi-script Text Conversion plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Content via Predictable {rstr_keep} Placeholder in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The payload survives WordPress comment save-time sanitization because the tags and attributes used (such as a[title] and code) are permitted by the core comment kses allow-list, and the literal characters comprising the plugin's shortcode markers and placeholder tokens are not stripped.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.