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.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Simple Job Board | Simple Job Board | >= 2.9.4, <= 2.9.4 |
References
- https://github.com/BigTiger2020/word-press/blob/main/Simple%20Job%20Board%E2%80%94Stored%20Cross-Site%20Scripting%20-%202.mdExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2617364/simple-job-board/trunk/admin/settings/class-simple-job-board-settings-privacy.phpPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-39328Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/BigTiger2020/word-press/blob/main/Simple%20Job%20Board%E2%80%94Stored%20Cross-Site%20Scripting%20-%202.mdExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2617364/simple-job-board/trunk/admin/settings/class-simple-job-board-settings-privacy.phpPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-39328Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Oct 21, 2021
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified