Description
The WP Job Portal plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.4. This is due to the plugin explicitly whitelisting the `<script>` tag in its `WPJOBPORTAL_ALLOWED_TAGS` configuration and using insufficient input sanitization when saving job descriptions. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Editor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts into job description fields via the job creation/editing interface. These scripts will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page, enabling session hijacking, credential theft, and other malicious activities.This only impacts multi-site installations, or those with unfiltered_html disabled.
References7
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-job-portal/tags/2.3.9/inc…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-job-portal/tags/2.3.9/mod…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-job-portal/tags/2.3.9/mod…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-job-portal/trunk/includes…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-job-portal/trunk/modules/…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-job-portal/trunk/modules/…
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0c347b9f-d297…
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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4.4
MEDIUM
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 15 · as of 11 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-79
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