EUVD-2026-114230
GHSA-wfm8-84j7-5644
Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessSubmit unauthenticated job application
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DeliveryInject encoded javascript: payload in cover_letter
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ExploitPayload stored in candidate record
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ExecutionAdmin opens Application tab and clicks link
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ImpactScript executes in admin browser context
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Injection requires no authentication: an attacker submits a crafted 'cover_letter' value through the plugin's public job-application flow (default functionality of easy.jobs ≤2.8.4), using an encoded scheme that WHATWG URL parsing later normalizes back to javascript:. Execution is strictly gated: a logged-in administrator must open the affected candidate's Application tab AND actively click the attacker-crafted link before the payload runs. The required privileged, active admin interaction is the primary limiting factor and materially narrows real-world exploitability despite the unauthenticated injection point; no non-default configuration is indicated as necessary. |
| Impact | This is a stored XSS (CWE-79) in the easy.jobs WordPress plugin (≤2.8.4) scored CVSS 7.2 with vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C. The signals partly conflict: the injection vector is genuinely network-reachable and unauthenticated (PR:N) because an attacker submits a crafted 'cover_letter' through a public job application, but the vector's UI:N contradicts the description, which explicitly states that execution requires an administrator to open the candidate's Application tab AND click the attacker-crafted link. That is active user interaction, so the real-world trigger is gated behind a privileged human action - verify UI with the vendor, as UI should arguably be R. No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public exploit were provided; the only intelligence sources are the Wordfence advisory and WordPress trac source/changeset links. The vuln.today priority is 'this_week' (not act_now/emergency). Net assessment: a legitimate, patch-worthy stored XSS that can hijack an admin session via scope change (S:C), but not a mass-exploitable drive-by - the admin-click dependency and absence of KEV/EPSS/PoC signals place it as a prioritized-but-not-emergency fix rather than a high-CVSS issue with low real risk. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An unauthenticated attacker applies to a job listing and places a payload with an encoded javascript: scheme into the 'cover_letter' field, which is stored unsanitized on the candidate record. When a recruiter/administrator later reviews the candidate and opens the Application tab, then clicks the attacker-crafted link, WHATWG URL parsing collapses the encoded scheme back to javascript: and the script executes in the admin's authenticated browser context. No public exploit code was identified at the time of analysis; the attack additionally depends on the administrator clicking the link. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 30, 2026
Stored cross-site scripting in the easy.jobs WordPress plugin (all versions up to and including 2.8.4) lets unauthenticated attackers plant arbitrary web scripts through the public job-application 'cover_letter' field, which the plugin later renders without adequate escaping inside its React-based admin interface. The injection point is the plugin's default, publicly reachable application flow and needs no credentials or non-default configuration, but execution is gated: a logged-in administrator must open the affected candidate's Application tab and click the attacker-crafted link, at which point WHATWG URL parsing collapses an encoded scheme back to javascript: and the payload fires in the admin's session. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis; the requirement for privileged, active administrator interaction is the main constraint on real-world exploitation, and the issue sits in this week's remediation queue rather than an emergency one.
RemediationAI
No tagged patched release is confirmed in the supplied data: the advisory states that all versions through and including 2.8.4 are vulnerable, and the fix evidence is an upstream trunk changeset (3768199, which rewrites admin/react/src/components/Messages/sanitize.js, plus the related change to admin/react/src/components/Candidate/Details/Tabs/Application.js), so treat this as an upstream fix available via commit with a released patched version not independently confirmed. Site operators should check the installed easy.jobs version and, until a fixed tagged build above 2.8.4 is published and verified, either apply the upstream changeset to a maintained copy of the plugin or deactivate easy.jobs on sites where public job applications are not essential. Deactivating the plugin removes the unauthenticated injection path through the public application form but also removes all job listing, application and candidate-management functionality, and applying the changeset means carrying a forked plugin that must be re-validated on future updates; any candidate records already submitted before remediation should be treated as potentially tainted and re-inspected when administrators open their Application tabs. Monitor the Wordfence advisory (https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bff1af96-c60e-4c1e-a793-31cd23ec635e?source=cve) and the plugin's Trac changelog for the release that ships changeset 3768199, and upgrade to it as soon as it is available.
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Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The affected component is easy.jobs, a WordPress recruitment plugin that exposes a public job-application form and stores submitted candidate data (including the free-text 'cover_letter' field) in the WordPress database for later review. The admin-side review experience is a React single-page application inside wp-admin: the referenced sources point to admin/react/src/components/Candidate/Details/Tabs/Application.js line 100, where application content is rendered, and to admin/react/src/components/Messages/sanitize.js lines 66 and 139, which implement the sanitization routine used on that content; the server-side ingest path is traced to admin/includes/class-easyjobs-admin-candidates.php line 226. The root cause class is CWE-79 (improper neutralization of input during web page generation): the application data is neither strictly sanitized on input nor escaped on output, and the URL sanitizer can be bypassed with a percent/otherwise-encoded javascript: scheme that survives filtering but is normalized back to a live javascript: URL by WHATWG URL parsing when the link is resolved in the browser. Because the CPE entry for wpdevteam:easy.jobs carries a wildcard version field, no version boundary is recorded there; the vulnerable range is defined solely by the advisory as all versions through and including 2.8.4. The exact server-side processing sequence beyond the cited file and line references is not described in the available sources.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Injection is remote and unauthenticated (AV:N/PR:N), but the description requires an admin to open the tab and click the link, so UI:R; S:C as the admin browser context is affected, C/I:L.
Primary rating from Vendor (Wordfence).
CVSS VectorVendor: Wordfence
DescriptionCVE.org
The easy.jobs - AI powered Job Listing, Job Board, Career Page, Recruitment & Hiring Solution plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'cover_letter' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Successful execution requires an administrator to open the affected candidate's Application tab and click the attacker-crafted link, at which point WHATWG URL parsing collapses the encoded scheme back to javascript: and executes the payload.
Executive ViewAI
A stored cross-site scripting flaw in the easy.jobs WordPress plugin (all versions through 2.8.4) allows unauthenticated outsiders to plant malicious scripts through public job applications, which execute in an administrator's browser session under specific interaction conditions. Because the affected plugin powers candidate intake and recruitment workflows, compromise could expose administrator sessions and potentially lead to broader WordPress site takeover. Leadership should care because recruitment portals are typically internet-facing and the trust boundary between external applicants and internal admin users is directly bridged.
No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Interim mitigations include restricting administrator access to the Application review interface, instructing admins not to click candidate-supplied links, deploying WAF virtual patching to block script injection in the cover_letter field, and disabling or removing the plugin where recruitment intake is not essential.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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Attack Technique
Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.
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