CVE-2025-12836 VK Google Job Posting Manager <= 1.2.23 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Job Description Field
Authenticated attackers with author permissions can inject arbitrary scripts via the Job Description field, executing them on victim pages.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-12836?
CVE-2025-12836 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in vektor-inc VK Google Job Posting Manager, published on 24 Jan 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
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.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12836?
How do I fix CVE-2025-12836?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12836 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-2025-12836 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12836 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6pxg-rp23-hqvp.