Translate WordPress and go Multilingual – Weglot: A security weakness
Translate WordPress and go Multilingual – Weglot is affected by a security weakness. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Translate WordPress and go Multilingual – Weglot
- Plugin slug
weglot- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Oct 30, 2025
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Oct 30, 2025 and is one of 2 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Translate WordPress and go Multilingual – Weglot to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Translate WordPress and go Multilingual – Weglot plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized loss of data due to a missing capability check on the 'clean_options' function in all versions up to, and including, 5.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete limited transients that contain cached plugin options.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N