Read the docs

Stored cross-site scripting in easy.jobs plugin via icon block attribute

Priority LOW 28CWE-79Published · Updated

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

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00206 10th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
wpdevteameasy.jobs – AI powered Job Listing, Job Board, Career Page, Recruitment & Hiring Solutionup to 2.8.2—No fix listedCNA
  • 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

  1. 2026-10-28 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-108366
  2. 2026-10-28 Alias added: GHSA-w7h2-24j7-mxwj
  3. 2026-10-28 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
  4. 2026-10-29 CISA SSVC decision points changed

References

  • TI-2024-01579 SQL injection in wpdevteam NotificationX – FOMO, Live Sales Notification, WooCommerce… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-15541 WordPress Essential Addons for Elementor Plugin 5.4.0-5.7.1 is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-06070 Essential Blocks < 4.4.3 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-11478 SQL injection in ReviewX WordPress Plugin CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-00275 NotificationX < 2.3.9 - Unauthenticated Blind SQL Injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-05197 Essential Blocks < 4.7.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
See all 209 →

Sources