CVE-2025-13383 Job Board by BestWebSoft <= 1.2.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via $_GET Array Storage
Unauthenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via saved searches, leading to stored XSS when users view profiles or saved results.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-13383?
CVE-2025-13383 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in bestweblayout Job Board by BestWebSoft, published on 25 Nov 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Job Board by BestWebSoft plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.1. This is due to the plugin storing the entire unsanitized `$_GET` superglobal array directly into the database via `update_user_meta()` when users save search results, and later outputting this data without proper escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute whenever a user accesses the saved search or views their profile, granted they can trick the user into performing the search and saving the results.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-13383?
How do I fix CVE-2025-13383?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-13383 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-2025-13383 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-13383 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pfvf-x75c-fh64.