CVE-2026-5247

The Schedule Post Changes With PublishPress Future plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'wrapper' attribute of the [futureaction] shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 4.10.0. This is due to insufficient input sanitization on the wrapper attribute. The plugin uses esc_html() to escape the value, but esc_html() only encodes HTML entities and does not prevent attribute injection when the value is used as an HTML tag name in a sprintf() call. An attacker can inject event handler attributes via spaces in the wrapper value. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Since it is also possible for administrators to make this functionality available to lower-privileged users, this introduces the possibility of abuse by contributors.

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.3 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/publishpress/publishpress-future/releases
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-expirator/tags/4.9.4/src/Modules/Expirator/Controllers/ShortcodeController.php#L173
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-expirator/trunk/src/Modules/Expirator/Controllers/ShortcodeController.php#L173
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9acf80aa-8354-4430-9836-18fa17854521?source=cve

Configurations

No configuration.

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-05-05 03:15

Updated : 2026-06-17 10:58

NVD link : CVE-2026-5247

Mitre link : CVE-2026-5247

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-5247

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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