CVE-2021-39329 JobBoardWP – Job Board Listings and Submissions <= 1.0.7 Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

What is CVE-2021-39329?

CVE-2021-39329 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in JobBoardWP, published on 19 Oct 2021. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The JobBoardWP WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient input validation and sanitization via several parameters found in the ~/includes/admin/class-metabox.php file which allowed attackers with administrative user access to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 1.0.7. This affects multi-site installations where unfiltered_html is disabled for administrators, and sites where unfiltered_html is disabled.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-39329?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ultimatemember Jobboardwp.

How do I fix CVE-2021-39329?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-39329 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2021-39329 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-39329 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in JobBoardWP

• CVE-2022-4061 JobBoardWP < 1.2.2 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload High 7.5
• CVE-2024-10880 JobBoardWP – Job Board Listings and Submissions <= 1.3.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting Medium 6.1
• CVE-2023-23715 WordPress JobBoardWP – Job Board Listings and Submissions plugin <= 1.2.2 - IDOR Leading To Job Removal Vulnerability Medium 5.2

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-f6xv-f8g8-2ffj.