# CVE-2025-59579: WordPress Simple Job Board plugin <= 2.13.7 - Sensitive Data Exposure vulnerability

> An attacker can retrieve sensitive data exposed in sent data by the Simple Job Board plugin, requiring an upgrade to mitigate.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Oct 2025
- **Updated:** 29 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9xqf-g3x2-jrqg

## What is CVE-2025-59579?

CVE-2025-59579 is a high-severity vulnerability in PressTigers Simple Job Board, published on 22 Oct 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data vulnerability in PressTigers Simple Job Board simple-job-board allows Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data.This issue affects Simple Job Board: from n/a through <= 2.13.7.

Weakness: CWE-201 (Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-59579?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-59579?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-59579 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-59579 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-59579 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-59579 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-59579 is a high-severity vulnerability in PressTigers Simple Job Board, published on 22 Oct 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-59579 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: PressTigers 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-2025-59579/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-59579/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-59579
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59579
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-59579

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-59579/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.