CVE-2026-107790 WP Job Openings < 4.1.1 - Author+ Stored XSS via Job Title
Medium 6.8
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-107790 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2026-107790 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Unknown HireZoot, published on 21 Oct 2026.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-107790 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Unknown HireZoot. 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-2026-107790/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-107790/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-107790?
CVE-2026-107790 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Unknown HireZoot, published on 21 Oct 2026.
Official description
The HireZoot WordPress plugin before 4.1.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its stored data before outputting it in the admin dashboard, and additionally reverses the HTML-entity encoding that would otherwise neutralise it, allowing users with the Author role to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks that execute in the context of a logged-in administrator.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-107790?
How do I fix CVE-2026-107790?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-107790 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-107790 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-107790 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3fc4-j778-wv4x.