CVE-2026-73032 PUBLISHED

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

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 10.08.2026 Published: 11.08.2026 Updated: 11.08.2026

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 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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
CVSS Score: 9.4

Product Status

Vendor papersgpt
Product papersgpt-for-zotero
Versions Default: affected
  • affected from 0 to 0.6.1 (incl.)

Credits

  • YU SUN finder

References

Problem Types

  • Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') CWE