CVE-2026-73032Critical· 9.6▾ Midnight

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

▾ Midnight zone — Critical, or high with PoC / in-the-wild

Depth score53/ 100 · Moderate

impact 52.8 · likelihood 0.2 · exploitation 0

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Proof of concept

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Published

Aug 11, 2026

Updated

Sep 24, 2026

CVSS

9.6

Vendor

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Product

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CWE

CWE-94

Depth score

53 · Moderate

EPSS

0.82% · p55

Platforms

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Source

NVD

Vector

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

EPSS history

Exploit-prediction probability, daily snapshots since Sep 24.

0.8% → 0.8%

Timeline

Disclosure to exploitation, from the record and what we observed since indexing it.

3 events · 44 days

Aug 11, 2026Published
Disclosed via NVD
Sep 24, 2026Record revised
Last analysed / modified upstream
Sep 24, 2026EPSS first tracked
0.8%

CWE-94 #nvd

Full technical detail▾

Overview

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.

Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.

References

Related vulnerabilities

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