CVE-2021-39328

Simple Job Board <= 2.9.4 Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Published Oct 21, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The Simple Job Board WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient escaping on the $job_board_privacy_policy_label variable echo'd out via the ~/admin/settings/class-simple-job-board-settings-privacy.php file which allowed attackers with administrative user access to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 2.9.4. This affects multi-site installations where unfiltered_html is disabled for administrators, and sites where unfiltered_html is disabled.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

Update to version 2.9.5 or newer.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-25689 The Simple Job Board WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient escaping on the $job_board_privacy_policy_label variable echo'd out via the ~/admin/settings/class-simple-job-board-settings-privacy.php file which allowed attackers with administrative user access to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 2.9.4. This affects multi-site installations where unfiltered_html is disabled for administrators, and sites where unfiltered_html is disabled.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Wordfence
Published
Updated
Feb 14, 2025, 5:54 PM
Reserved
Aug 20, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 21, 2021, 8:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:03 AM