{
 "id": "WPSEC-2026-1667",
 "url": "https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-1667/",
 "json_url": "https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-1667/advisory.json",
 "markdown_url": "https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-1667/index.md",
 "title": "Zotpress <= 7.4.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via zotpressInText Shortcode",
 "description": "The Zotpress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'item' and 'items' attributes of the zotpressInText shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 7.4.4. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping: the attribute values are passed through html_entity_decode(), which turns entity-encoded markup back into live HTML, and are then printed without escaping in the in-text citation markup and in the item list that the zotpressInTextBib shortcode outputs. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.",
 "plugin": {
  "slug": "zotpress",
  "name": "Zotpress",
  "full_name": "Zotpress",
  "wordpress_org": "https://wordpress.org/plugins/zotpress/",
  "advisories_url": "https://wpsec.com/vuln/plugin/zotpress/",
  "attacksurface": "https://attacksurface.wpsec.com/plugin/zotpress"
 },
 "type": "XSS",
 "cwe": [
  "CWE-79"
 ],
 "cve": [],
 "cvss": {
  "version": "3.1",
  "score": 6.4,
  "vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
  "severity": "Medium"
 },
 "affected": {
  "ranges": [
   {
    "from": null,
    "from_inclusive": true,
    "to": "7.4.5",
    "to_inclusive": false
   }
  ],
  "text": [
   "all versions before 7.4.5"
  ]
 },
 "introduced_in": null,
 "fixed_in": "7.4.5",
 "remediation": "Update to 7.4.5 or later.",
 "fix_released": "2026-10-25T15:19:28+00:00",
 "published": "2026-10-26T16:06:40+00:00",
 "updated": "2026-10-26T09:30:55.531164+00:00",
 "also_published_as": null,
 "references": [
  "https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-1667/",
  "https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/zotpress/tags/7.4.5/",
  "https://wordpress.org/plugins/zotpress/"
 ],
 "attacksurface_url": "https://attacksurface.wpsec.com/plugin/zotpress",
 "source": "WPSec",
 "license": {
  "name": "CC BY 4.0",
  "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
 },
 "usage": {
  "plugin": "Low",
  "affected_versions": "Low",
  "as_of": "2026-10-27"
 }
}