CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-8882

MediumCVSS 6.4
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.03%

9th percentile - higher than 9% of all known CVEs

Summary

The WP ApplicantStack Jobs Display plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via Shortcode Attributes in all versions up to and including 1.1.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping.

Risk Assessment

Authenticated attackers with contributor-level access and above can inject arbitrary web scripts that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page, posing a serious security risk to users.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the plugin to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and implement appropriate input sanitization mechanisms.

Original NVD description (English source)

The WP ApplicantStack Jobs Display plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode Attributes in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS