CVE-2026-73032
critical · 9.4PapersGPT 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.
9.4
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
44th
EPSS percentile
2026-08-11
Published
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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Weaknesses
CWE-94
References
- https://github.com/papersgpt/papersgpt-for-zotero
- https://github.com/papersgpt/papersgpt-for-zotero/commit/094134172ce4a344a31e4b196cc75d1806383658
- https://github.com/papersgpt/papersgpt-for-zotero/issues/154
- https://github.com/papersgpt/papersgpt-for-zotero/pull/155
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/papersgpt-for-zotero-rce-via-unsanitized-llm-response-eval
- https://github.com/papersgpt/papersgpt-for-zotero/issues/154
Query this programmatically:
curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2026-73032