Vulnerability · Published Jan 24, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-12836VK Google Job Posting Manager <= 1.2.23 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Job Description Field
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in VK Google Job Posting Manager from vektor-inc. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 20% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official 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, 1.2.23 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| vektor-inc | VK Google Job Posting Manager | 0 – through 1.2.23 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4e0fd492-19ee-430e-a495-99ad28043bf9?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/vk-google-job-posting-manager/tags/1.2.20/vk-google-job-posting-manager.php#L419
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/vk-google-job-posting-manager/tags/1.2.20/vk-google-job-posting-manager.php#L468
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3449302/