CVE-2026-5247
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.
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Affected products
3(expand)+ 1 more
- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: <=4.10.0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- github.com/publishpress/publishpress-future/releasesnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-expirator/tags/4.9.4/src/Modules/Expirator/Controllers/ShortcodeController.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-expirator/trunk/src/Modules/Expirator/Controllers/ShortcodeController.phpnvd
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9acf80aa-8354-4430-9836-18fa17854521nvd
News mentions
2- Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (May 11, 2026 to May 17, 2026)Wordfence Blog · May 21, 2026
- Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (May 4, 2026 to May 10, 2026)Wordfence Blog · May 14, 2026