# 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.

- **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:** 25 Nov 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pfvf-x75c-fh64

## 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 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## 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.

## Is CVE-2025-13383 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-13383 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-13383 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-13383 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: bestweblayout Job Board by BestWebSoft. 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-2025-13383/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13383/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-13383
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13383
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-13383

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13383/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.