CVE-2024-0820: Jobs for WordPress < 2.7.4 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2024-03-18 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Jobs for WordPress plugin before 2.7.4 does not sanitise and escape some parameters, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

Affected products

BlueGlass Jobs for WordPress: before 2.7.4 — fixed in 2.7.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: BlueGlass Jobs for WordPress 2.7.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fc091bbd-7338-4bd4-add5-e46502a9a949/
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fc091bbd-7338-4bd4-add5-e46502a9a949/

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