Stored cross-site scripting in easy.jobs plugin via icon block attribute
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The easy.jobs AI powered Job Listing, Job Board, Career Page, Recruitment & Hiring Solution plugin for WordPress is affected through 2.8.2. Insufficient input sanitization and output escaping (CWE-79) of the 'icon' attribute in the easyjobs/job-list Gutenberg block lets an authenticated attacker with Contributor-level access or higher store arbitrary web scripts in pages. The scripts run whenever a user accesses an injected page. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 6.4 (Medium).
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
The easy.jobs – AI powered Job Listing, Job Board, Career Page, Recruitment & Hiring Solution plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'icon' attribute of the easyjobs/job-list Gutenberg block in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wpdevteam | easy.jobs – AI powered Job Listing, Job Board, Career Page, Recruitment & Hiring Solution | up to 2.8.2 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- easy.jobs – AI powered Job Listing, Job Board, Career Page, Recruitment & Hiring Solution Vendorwpdevteam Affected up to 2.8.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for easy.jobs AI powered Job Listing, Job Board, Career Page, Recruitment & Hiring Solution.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Timeline
- 2026-10-28 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-108366
- 2026-10-28 Alias added: GHSA-w7h2-24j7-mxwj
- 2026-10-28 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-29 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Other 8
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9314454b-c790-44a5-90bb-1c38bd75b23f?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/easyjobs/tags/2.8.0/public/partials-blocks/default/list.php#L21
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/easyjobs/tags/2.8.2/public/partials-blocks/default/list.php#L21
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/easyjobs/tags/2.8.2/blocks/includes/class-scripts.php#L245
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/easyjobs/tags/2.8.2/includes/class-easyjobs-helper.php#L1612
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/easyjobs/tags/2.8.0/blocks/includes/class-scripts.php#L245
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/easyjobs/tags/2.8.0/includes/class-easyjobs-helper.php#L1612
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3745995/easyjobs/trunk/public/partials-blocks/default/list.php
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Sources
- CVE-2026-108366 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-108366 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-w7h2-24j7-mxwj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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