The HireZoot WordPress plugin before 4.1.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its stored data before outputting it in the admin dashboard, and additionally reverses the HTML-entity encoding that would otherwise neutralise it, allowing users with the Author role to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks that execute in the context of a logged-in administrator.

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Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:15:00 +0000

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Description The HireZoot WordPress plugin before 4.1.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its stored data before outputting it in the admin dashboard, and additionally reverses the HTML-entity encoding that would otherwise neutralise it, allowing users with the Author role to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks that execute in the context of a logged-in administrator.
Title WP Job Openings < 4.1.1 - Author+ Stored XSS via Job Title
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

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Updated: 2026-10-21T06:00:20.834Z

Reserved: 2026-10-08T20:32:39.832Z

Link: CVE-2026-107790

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-21T06:16:47.300

Modified: 2026-10-21T06:16:47.300

Link: CVE-2026-107790

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