BestWebSoft Job Board Plugin up to 1.2.1 on WordPress update_user_meta cross-site request forgery

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in BestWebSoft Job Board Plugin up to 1.2.1 on WordPress. This vulnerability affects the function update_user_meta. The manipulation leads to cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-13383. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in BestWebSoft Job Board Plugin up to 1.2.1 on WordPress. This issue affects the function update_user_meta. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The Job Board by BestWebSoft plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.1. This is due to the plugin storing the entire unsanitized `$_GET` superglobal array directly into the database via `update_user_meta()` when users save search results, and later outputting this data without proper escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute whenever a user accesses the saved search or views their profile, granted they can trick the user into performing the search and saving the results.

It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-13383. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-199582). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• Forum Software

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• BestWebSoft

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• Job Board Plugin

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• 1.2.0
• 1.2.1

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