CVE-2025-7782 WP JobHunt <= 7.7 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Candidate+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'status'
Authenticated candidates can inject stored XSS into job application status fields due to missing capability checks in the WP JobHunt plugin.
- 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-2025-7782?
CVE-2025-7782 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in WP JobHunt, published on 20 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The WP JobHunt plugin for WordPress, used by the JobCareer theme, is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'cs_update_application_status_callback' function in all versions up to, and including, 7.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Candidate-level access and above, to inject cross-site scripting into the 'status' parameter of applied jobs for any user.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-7782?
How do I fix CVE-2025-7782?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-7782 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-7782 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-7782 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7pwr-chwv-jj76.