CVE-2026-8882
6.4 MEDIUMThe WP ApplicantStack Jobs Display plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode Attributes in all vers...
Published: 2026-06-09 · Last updated: 2026-06-09
Severity and scoring
- CVSS
- 6.4 MEDIUM
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CWE
- CWE-79
Description
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.
Source: NVD
References
- [NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8882
- [Other]https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-applicantstack-jobs-display/trunk/wp-applicantstack-jobs-display.php#L88
- [Other]https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-applicantstack-jobs-display/trunk/wp-applicantstack-jobs-display.php#L94
- [Other]https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a66b55e0-1b31-4d5f-bcc1-cfd38b613905?source=cve
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