Stored XSS in PublishPress Future lets contributors run JavaScript
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The Schedule Post Changes With PublishPress Future WordPress plugin from 4.10.1 before 4.10.6 does not enforce an HTML-element allowlist on a shortcode attribute. Attacker-controlled text placed inside the resulting element is not neutralised (CWE-79), so a user with the Contributor role or higher can store JavaScript that runs in the session of a higher-privileged user who views the content. A public exploit is linked in the references.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
The Schedule Post Changes With PublishPress Future: Unpublish, Delete, Change Status, Trash, Change Categories WordPress plugin before 4.10.6 does not enforce a safe HTML-element allowlist on a shortcode attribute and does not neutralise attacker-controlled text placed inside the resulting element, allowing users with the Contributor role and above to store JavaScript that executes in the session of any higher-privileged user who views the content.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Schedule Post Changes With PublishPress Future: Unpublish, Delete, Change Status, Trash, Change Categories | 4.10.1 to before 4.10.6 | 4.10.6 | Patch available | CNA |
- Schedule Post Changes With PublishPress Future: Unpublish, Delete, Change Status, Trash, Change Categories VendorUnknown Affected 4.10.1 to before 4.10.6 Fixed in 4.10.6 Patch available CNA
Remediation
Update the Schedule Post Changes With PublishPress Future plugin to version 4.10.6, the fixed version.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
- Fix · CNA Schedule Post Changes With PublishPress Future: Unpublish, Delete, Change Status, Trash, Change Categories (Unknown) Fixed in 4.10.6
Timeline
- 2026-10-14 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-105261
- 2026-10-14 Alias added: GHSA-gfhc-x3j2-83wf
- 2026-10-14 CVSS score added · CISA ADP
- 2026-10-14 Weakness changed · CISA ADP
- 2026-10-14 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-105261 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-105261 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-gfhc-x3j2-83wf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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