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CVE-2026-116546

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Description

The WP Job Portal – AI-Powered Recruitment System for Company or Job Board website plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'degreetitle' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The plugin's self-registration flow allows any visitor to create a Subscriber-backed Employer account, meaning this vulnerability is effectively exploitable by any user who can register on the site.

Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
6.4 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
Published
2026-10-31 07:16:35.563000
Last modified
2026-10-31 07:16:35.563000
View original CVE JSON
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  "id": "CVE-2026-116546",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-10-31T07:16:35.563",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-31T07:16:35.563",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
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      "lang": "en",
      "value": "The WP Job Portal – AI-Powered Recruitment System for Company or Job Board website plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'degreetitle' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The plugin's self-registration flow allows any visitor to create a Subscriber-backed Employer account, meaning this vulnerability is effectively exploitable by any user who can register on the site."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "vendor": "wpjobportal",
          "product": "WP Job Portal – AI-Powered Recruitment System for Company or Job Board website",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "0",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "2.7.0",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "affected"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "metrics": {
    "cvssMetricV31": [
      {
        "source": "[email protected]",
        "type": "Primary",
        "cvssData": {
          "version": "3.1",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
          "baseScore": 6.4,
          "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "privilegesRequired": "LOW",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "scope": "CHANGED",
          "confidentialityImpact": "LOW",
          "integrityImpact": "LOW",
          "availabilityImpact": "NONE"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 3.1,
        "impactScore": 2.7
      }
    ]
  },
  "weaknesses": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
      "type": "Primary",
      "description": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-79"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-job-portal.2.7.1.zip",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-job-portal/tags/2.7.0/modules/job/controller.php#L441",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-job-portal/tags/2.7.0/modules/job/model.php#L1008",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-job-portal/tags/2.7.0/modules/job/model.php#L3728",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-job-portal/tags/2.7.0/modules/job/model.php#L3762",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-job-portal/tags/2.7.0/modules/job/model.php#L3824",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-job-portal/tags/2.7.0/wp-job-portal.php#L1786",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/45bc4b00-1b5e-4c2e-96c7-77e03b86be5c?source=cve",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    }
  ]
}