The easy.jobs – AI powered Job Listing, Job Board, Career Page, Recruitment & Hiring Solution plugin for WordPress is
Source GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.2 High.
Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 20:02 UTC
Thin evidence
One scorer or none| CNA (Wordfence) | CVSS 3.1 | 7.2 |
|---|
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 30 Oct 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: 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 30 Oct 2026.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| wpdevteameasy.jobs – AI powered Job Listing, Job Board, Career Page, Recruitment & Hiring Solution | Affected
| Fixed in– |
AI-suggested
Administrators should avoid clicking suspicious or unexpected links in candidate Application tabs until a fix is released. Monitor the vendor's advisory channels for updates. Implementing web application firewall (WAF) rules to detect and block malicious payloads targeting the 'cover_letter' parameter may provide temporary protection.
Description
The easy.jobs WordPress plugin up to version 2.8.4 is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting (XSS) via the 'cover_letter' parameter. This vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts that execute when an administrator views the affected candidate's Application tab and clicks a crafted link. The issue arises from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping, enabling exploitation through WHATWG URL parsing to execute JavaScript payloads.
References
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-112365 (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/easyjobs/tags/2.8.3/admin/includes/class-easyjobs-admin-candidates.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/easyjobs/tags/2.8.3/admin/react/src/components/Candidate/Details/Tabs/Application.js (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/easyjobs/tags/2.8.3/admin/react/src/components/Messages/sanitize.js (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/easyjobs/tags/2.8.3/admin/react/src/components/Messages/sanitize.js (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/easyjobs/tags/2.8.4/admin/includes/class-easyjobs-admin-candidates.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/easyjobs/tags/2.8.4/admin/react/src/components/Candidate/Details/Tabs/Application.js (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/easyjobs/tags/2.8.4/admin/react/src/components/Messages/sanitize.js (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/easyjobs/tags/2.8.4/admin/react/src/components/Messages/sanitize.js (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3768199/easyjobs/trunk/admin/react/src/components/Candidate/Details/Tabs/Application.js (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3768199%40easyjobs%2Ftrunk%2Fadmin%2Freact%2Fsrc%2Fcomponents%2FMessages%2Fsanitize.js&old=3754233%40easyjobs%2Ftrunk%2Fadmin%2Freact%2Fsrc%2Fcomponents%2FMessages%2Fsanitize.js&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= (opens in a new tab)
- wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bff1af96-c60e-4c1e-a793-31cd23ec635e?source=cve (opens in a new tab)