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

On August 11th, 2026, we received a submission for an Unauthenticated Account Takeover vulnerability in TranslatePress, a WordPress plugin with more than 400,000 active installations. This vulnerability makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to obtain an administrator’s password reset link, reset the account’s password, and log in as that administrator, resulting in complete site takeover. It is important to note that the password reset key is only leaked if the target administrator’s profile language is set to a published secondary language.

This post was originally published on Wordfence by István Márton.

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