CVE-2026-73032

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.69.6—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 9.6 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-08-11. a secondary CVSS source baseline 9.6; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekElevated
9.6EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 9.6Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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.

CVSS v3
9.6
EG Score
9.6(high)
EG Risk
59(Track*)
EG Risk 59/100SSVC: Track*

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity96% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Watch closely — could escalate to Attend.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
37%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 11, 2026

Last Modified

August 11, 2026

Advisory Details (5)

Auto-updated Aug 15, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github_pr, github_commit.
generic

execTag passes unsanitized LLM response to window.eval() · Issue #154 · papersgpt/papersgpt-for-zotero · GitHub

https://github.com/papersgpt/papersgpt-for-zotero/issues/154
generic

PapersGPT for Zotero 0.6.1 RCE via Unsanitized LLM Response eval() | Advisories | VulnCheck

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/papersgpt-for-zotero-rce-via-unsanitized-llm-response-eval
github_pr Patch Available

Remove window.eval of LLM response in execTag (CWE-94)

Patch available: papersgpt/papersgpt-for-zotero papersgpt-v1.1.0 (PR #155 merged 2026-08-06)

https://github.com/papersgpt/papersgpt-for-zotero/pull/155
github_commit Patch Available

commit 094134172ce4 (papersgpt/papersgpt-for-zotero)

Patch available: papersgpt/papersgpt-for-zotero papersgpt-v1.1.0 (contains commit 094134172ce4)

https://github.com/papersgpt/papersgpt-for-zotero/commit/094134172ce4a344a31e4b196cc75d1806383658
generic

GitHub - papersgpt/papersgpt-for-zotero: A powerful Zotero AI and MCP plugin with ChatGPT, Gemini 3.6, Claude Fable 5, Claude Sonnet 5, DeepSeek V4, Grok, OpenRouter, Kimi k3, GLM 5.2, SiliconFlow, GPT-oss, Gemma 4, Qwen 3.7 · GitHub

https://github.com/papersgpt/papersgpt-for-zotero

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-73032(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 60× in last 7d / 85× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-21 08:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-21 05:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-21 01:23 UTCEG score recompute
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  5. 2026-08-20 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-20 21:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  13. 2026-08-19 18:40 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-19 18:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
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  20. 2026-08-18 22:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-18 19:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-18 15:14 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-08-18 15:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-08-18 10:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  3. 2026-08-18 03:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-17 23:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-17 19:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-17 15:44 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-17 15:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-17 11:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-17 08:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-17 04:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-17 00:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-16 20:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-16 17:09 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-08-16 17:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
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  18. 2026-08-16 13:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-16 09:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-16 05:51 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-08-16 05:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-16 02:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-08-16 02:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-15 22:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  26. 2026-08-15 14:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-08-15 11:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  29. 2026-08-15 03:30 UTCEG score recompute
  30. 2026-08-15 03:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-08-15 01:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  32. 2026-08-14 23:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  38. 2026-08-14 01:10 UTCEG score recompute
  39. 2026-08-14 01:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  41. 2026-08-13 21:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  48. 2026-08-12 18:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-08-12 15:10 UTCEG score recompute
  50. 2026-08-12 15:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  51. 2026-08-12 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  52. 2026-08-12 11:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  53. 2026-08-12 07:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  54. 2026-08-12 03:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  55. 2026-08-12 00:06 UTCEG score recompute
  56. 2026-08-12 00:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  57. 2026-08-11 20:19 UTCEG score recompute
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  59. 2026-08-11 19:30 UTCEG score recompute
  60. 2026-08-11 19:30 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-73032?
CVE-2026-73032 is a critical vulnerability published on August 11, 2026. 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…
When was CVE-2026-73032 disclosed?
CVE-2026-73032 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 11, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-73032 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-73032 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 63.3% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-73032?
CVE-2026-73032 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.6 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-73032?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-73032, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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