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Vulnerability record · CVE-2021-39336 · published 15 October 2021

CVE-2021-39336: Wp-jobmanager job manager cross-site scripting vulnerability

WWp Jobmanager · Job Manager

The Job Manager WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient input validation and sanitization via several parameters found in the ~/admin-jobs.php file which allowed attackers with administrative user access to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 0.7.25. This affects multi-site installations where unfiltered_html is disabled for administrators, and sites where unfiltered_html is disabled.

4.8 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 0.91% · top 41.6% CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
4.8CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 2.1
0.91%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The Job Manager WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient input validation and sanitization via several parameters found in the ~/admin-jobs.php file which allowed attackers with administrative user access to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 0.7.25. This affects multi-site installations where unfiltered_html is disabled for administrators, and sites where unfiltered_html is disabled.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://github.com/BigTiger2020/word-press/blob/main/Job%20Manager.md ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/job-manager/trunk/admin-jobs.php#L244 Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-39336 Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/BigTiger2020/word-press/blob/main/Job%20Manager.md ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/job-manager/trunk/admin-jobs.php#L244 Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2021-39336 Third Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2021-39336), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.