CVE-2025-30773 HIGH

CVE-2025-30773: WordPress TranslatePress plugin <= 2.9.6 - PHP Object Injection Vulnerability

Vendor Cozmoslabs

Product TranslatePress

Weakness CWE-502 · Unsafe deserialization

Published March 27, 2025

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

7.2/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required High

User interaction None

Confidentiality High

Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in Cozmoslabs TranslatePress translatepress-multilingual allows Object Injection.This issue affects TranslatePress: from n/a through <= 2.9.6.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

TranslatePress versions up to 2.9.6 contain a deserialization vulnerability that allows high-privileged users to execute arbitrary code on the site. An attacker with administrator or equivalent access can craft malicious serialized data to trigger unintended PHP execution. This affects the plugin's data handling and requires administrative credentials to exploit.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Run arbitrary PHP code on the site with full site privileges.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

A compromised admin account can be used to take complete control of your site, modify content, install backdoors, or steal data.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must have administrator or high-level user account access to the WordPress site.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

March 27, 2025 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-30773 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/502.html AskarLabs — CWE-502 write-up Deserialization of Untrusted Data

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