The VK Google Job Posting Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Job Description field in versions up to, and including, 1.2.20 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with author-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0001.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
vektor-inc VK Google Job Posting Manager unaffected
Version Status Constraints
* affected
≤ 1.2.20

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Vendor Product Confidence Versions
Vektor Vk Google Job Posting Manager — —
Wordpress Wordpress — —

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References
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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/vk-google-job-posting-manager/tags/1.2.20/vk-google-job-posting-manager.php#L419 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/vk-google-job-posting-manager/tags/1.2.20/vk-google-job-posting-manager.php#L468 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4e0fd492-19ee-430e-a495-99ad28043bf9?source=cve cve-icon cve-icon
History

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 19:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Vektor
Vektor vk Google Job Posting Manager
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Vektor
Vektor vk Google Job Posting Manager
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress

Sat, 24 Jan 2026 07:45:00 +0000

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Description The VK Google Job Posting Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Job Description field in versions up to, and including, 1.2.20 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with author-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Title VK Google Job Posting Manager <= 1.2.20 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Job Description Field
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-26T15:45:33.120Z

Reserved: 2025-11-06T19:59:33.790Z

Link: CVE-2025-12836

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-01-26T15:29:35.048Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-01-24T08:16:03.870

Modified: 2026-01-26T15:03:33.357

Link: CVE-2025-12836

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-01-26T11:48:23Z

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