# CVE-2025-70959: Tendenci CMS Contains a Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability in its Jobs Module

> Attackers can execute arbitrary scripts in the Jobs module of Tendenci CMS via stored XSS, potentially compromising user sessions.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Feb 2026
- **Updated:** 3 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g7hj-29xq-r64w, PYSEC-2026-137

## What is CVE-2025-70959?

CVE-2025-70959 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Feb 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Jobs module of Tendenci CMS v15.3.7 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via injecting a crafted payload.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-70959?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including tendenci. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `tendenci` | PyPI | All versions to 15.3.7 | None |
| `tendenci` | PyPI | All versions to 15.3.7 | None |
| `tendenci` | PyPI | All versions to 15.3.7 | None |

Products: Tendenci Tendenci.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-70959?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-70959 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-70959 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-70959 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2020-14942](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14942/): Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Tendenci (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-23946](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-23946/): Tendenci has Authenticated Remote Code Execution via Pickle Deserialization (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2025-70960](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-70960/): Tendenci CMS contains a stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Forums module (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2020-36962](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36962/): Tendenci 12.3.1 - CSV/ Formula Injection (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-70959 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-70959 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Feb 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, 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-2025-70959 exists.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- tendenci (PyPI): affected all versions up to 15.3.7; no fix listed
- tendenci (PyPI): affected all versions up to 15.3.7; no fix listed
- tendenci (PyPI): affected all versions up to 15.3.7; no fix listed

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-2025-70959/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-70959/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-70959
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-70959
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-70959

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-70959/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.