CVE-2026-5247 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-5247: Schedule Post Changes With PublishPress Future: Unpublish, Delete, Change Status, Trash, Change Categories <= 4.10.0 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'wrapper' Shortcode Attribute

Vendor Publishpress
Product Schedule Post Changes With PublishPress Future: Unpublish, Delete, Change Status, Trash, Change Categories
Weakness CWE-79 · XSS
Published May 5, 2026
Last update May 5, 2026

CVSS base score

5.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in PublishPress Schedule Post Changes allows high-privilege users to inject malicious scripts that affect other users across the site. The vulnerability requires administrator or editor access to exploit. Affected versions are 4.10.0 and earlier. Update to a version newer than 4.10.0 to remediate.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Inject malicious scripts that execute in other users' browsers and affect site functionality.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Administrators or editors with malicious intent can compromise other users' sessions or modify site behavior.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must have high-privilege access (administrator or editor role) to the WordPress site.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

May 5, 2026 CVE published
May 5, 2026 Record updated

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