CVE-2025-12836
The VK Google Job Posting Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Job Description field in versions up to, and including, 1.2.23 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.26%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The VK Google Job Posting Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Job Description field in versions up to, and including, 1.2.23 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with author-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.26% probability · 18th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Source
- security@wordfence.com
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/vk-google-job-posting-manager/tags/1.2.20/vk-google-job-posting-manager.php#L419
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/vk-google-job-posting-manager/tags/1.2.20/vk-google-job-posting-manager.php#L468
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3449302/
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4e0fd492-19ee-430e-a495-99ad28043bf9?source=cve
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.