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CVE-2021-24421: WP JobSearch < 1.7.4 - Authenticated Stored XSS

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2021-07-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The WP JobSearch WordPress plugin before 1.7.4 did not sanitise or escape multiple of its parameters from the my-resume page before outputting them in the page, allowing low privilege users to use JavaScript payloads in them and leading to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue

Affected products

• eyecix JobSearch: before 1.7.4 — fixed in 1.7.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: eyecix JobSearch 1.7.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://m0ze.ru/vulnerability/%5B2021-05-19%5D-%5BWordPress%5D-%5BCWE-79%5D-WP-JobSearch-WordPress-Plugin-v1.7.3.txt
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b378d36d-66d9-4373-a628-e379e4766375
• https://m0ze.ru/vulnerability/%5B2021-05-19%5D-%5BWordPress%5D-%5BCWE-79%5D-WP-JobSearch-WordPress-Plugin-v1.7.3.txt
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b378d36d-66d9-4373-a628-e379e4766375

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