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GHSA-27WM-9RGH-2VCQ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-11 21:33 – Updated: 2026-08-11 21:33

Details

PapersGPT for Zotero 0.6.1 contains a remote code execution vulnerability that allows attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript by returning malicious code from an LLM endpoint that is passed unsanitized to window.eval() in views.ts. Attackers can exploit this through prompt injection in PDFs, MITM interception of API requests, or a malicious custom LLM endpoint to execute arbitrary code in Zotero's chrome-privileged context, enabling file read/write, process execution, and access to all Zotero data.

Severity

9.6 (Critical)


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

9.4 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

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CVE-2026-73032 (GCVE-0-2026-73032)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-11 19:19 – Updated: 2026-08-11 20:07

Title

PapersGPT for Zotero 0.6.1 RCE via Unsanitized LLM Response eval()

Summary

Severity

9.4 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

9.6 (Critical)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-11 20:07 UTC

CWE

CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Assigner

VulnCheck mitre root

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/papersgpt/papersgpt-for-zotero	product
https://github.com/papersgpt/papersgpt-for-zotero…	issue-tracking
https://github.com/papersgpt/papersgpt-for-zotero…	patch
https://github.com/papersgpt/papersgpt-for-zotero…	technical-description
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/papersgpt-fo…	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
papersgpt	papersgpt-for-zotero	Affected: 0 , ≤ 0.6.1 (semver)

Date Public

2026-08-11 00:00

Credits

YU SUN

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