CVE-2026-8882
Published: Tue, 09 Jun 2026 05:16
Summary
The WP ApplicantStack Jobs Display plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode Attributes in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.1 due to insufficient input sani
Details
The WP ApplicantStack Jobs Display plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode Attributes in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
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References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-applicantstack-jobs-display/trunk/wp-applicantstack-jobs-display.php#L88
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-applicantstack-jobs-display/trunk/wp-applicantstack-jobs-display.php#L94
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a66b55e0-1b31-4d5f-bcc1-cfd38b613905?source=cve
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