CVE-2025-13383: Job Board by BestWebSoft (WordPress plugin) · Cross-site Scripting
Affects Job Board by BestWebSoft (WordPress plugin)Source CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.1 Medium.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 17:16 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 19% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 25 Nov 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| bestweblayout Job Board by BestWebSoft | Affected
| Fixed in– |
AI-suggested
Until a fix is released, users should avoid saving search results or instruct users not to interact with untrusted saved searches or profiles. Implementing web application firewall (WAF) rules to detect and block malicious input may provide temporary mitigation.
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.
References
- wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1eb1622f-19fb-472e-871b-9a456f80f390?source=cve (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/job-board/tags/1.2.1/job-board.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/job-board/tags/1.2.1/job-board.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/job-board/tags/1.2.1/job-board.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3403205/ (opens in a new tab)