CVE-2026-107790

WP Job Openings < 4.1.1 - Author+ Stored XSS via Job Title

Medium 6.8

The HireZoot WordPress plugin before 4.1.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its stored data before outputting it in the admin dashboard, and additionally reverses the HTML-entity encoding that would otherwise neutralise it, allowing users with the Author role to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks that execute in the context of a logged-in administrator.

Assigner
WPScan
Published
2026-10-21
Updated
2026-10-21
Reserved
2026-10-08

Scores

SourceCVSSScoreSeverityVector
CISA-ADP3.16.8MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

Affected

VendorProductVersions
Unknown HireZoot < 4.1.1 (affected)
others: unaffected

References

Full CVE JSON record (5.2)

API · GitHub · cve.org

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