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CVE-2021-39328

MEDIUM 4.8 CVSS 3.1
Published
October 21, 2021
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified
Reported by
security@wordfence.com
Weakness
CWE-79
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Description

The Simple Job Board WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient escaping on the $job_board_privacy_policy_label variable echo'd out via the ~/admin/settings/class-simple-job-board-settings-privacy.php file which allowed attackers with administrative user access to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 2.9.4. This affects multi-site installations where unfiltered_html is disabled for administrators, and sites where unfiltered_html is disabled.

Affected WordPress components

A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

  • Simple Job Board Simple Job Board — From 2.9.4 (including) to 2.9.4 (including)
  • presstigers simple_job_board — Up to and including 2.9.4

References

  • github.com https://github.com/BigTiger2020/word-press/blob/main/Simple%20Job%20Board%E2%80%94Stored%20Cross-Site%20Scripting%20-%202.md Exploit, Third Party Advisory
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2617364/simple-job-board/trunk/admin/settings/class-simple-job-board-settings-privacy.php Patch, Third Party Advisory
  • www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-39328 Third Party Advisory
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record