# CVE-2024-7761: Simple Job Board < 2.12.2 - Admin+ Stored XSS

> An attacker with editor privileges can inject malicious scripts leading to account takeover in the Simple Job Board WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 May 2025
- **Updated:** 17 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7vrj-wjmg-rqm2

## What is CVE-2024-7761?

CVE-2024-7761 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Simple Job Board, published on 15 May 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

In the process of testing the Simple Job Board WordPress plugin before 2.12.2, a vulnerability was found that allows you to implement Stored XSS on behalf of the editor by embedding malicious script, which entails account takeover backdoor

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7761?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Presstigers Simple Job Board.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-7761?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-7761 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-7761 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-7761 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Simple Job Board

- [CVE-2024-1813](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1813/): Simple Job Board <= 2.11.0 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection via Job Application Fields (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-7351](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7351/): Simple Job Board <= 2.12.3 - Authenticated (Editor+) PHP Object Injection (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2017-18498](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-18498/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2021-39328](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-39328/): Simple Job Board <= 2.9.4 Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 5.5)
- [CVE-2023-47188](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-47188/): WordPress Simple Job Board plugin <= 2.10.5 - Broken Access Control vulnerability (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-7761 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-7761 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Simple Job Board, published on 15 May 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-7761 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Simple Job Board. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7761/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7761/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-7761
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7761
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-7761

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7761/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.