Description
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.
Published: 2026-05-05
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Wed, 06 May 2026 09:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Publishpress
Publishpress schedule Post Changes With Publishpress Future: Unpublish, Delete, Change Status, Trash, Change Categories
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Publishpress
Publishpress schedule Post Changes With Publishpress Future: Unpublish, Delete, Change Status, Trash, Change Categories
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress

Tue, 05 May 2026 13:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 05 May 2026 02:45:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title 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
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


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Publishpress Schedule Post Changes With Publishpress Future: Unpublish, Delete, Change Status, Trash, Change Categories
Wordpress Wordpress
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-05T12:37:37.268Z

Reserved: 2026-03-31T15:17:50.677Z

Link: CVE-2026-5247

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-05T12:37:33.844Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-05-05T03:15:59.930

Modified: 2026-05-05T19:09:32.000

Link: CVE-2026-5247

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-06T09:22:10Z

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