VK Google Job Posting Manager Plugin up to 1.2.20 on WordPress Job Description cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in VK Google Job Posting Manager Plugin up to 1.2.20 on WordPress. This affects an unknown function. Performing a manipulation of the argument Job Description results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-12836. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in VK Google Job Posting Manager Plugin up to 1.2.20 on WordPress. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument Job Description with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The VK Google Job Posting Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Job Description field in versions up to, and including, 1.2.20 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with author-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-12836. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. 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. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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-2026-4582). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• VK Google Job Posting Manager Plugin

Version

• 1.2.0
• 1.2.1
• 1.2.2
• 1.2.3
• 1.2.4
• 1.2.5
• 1.2.6
• 1.2.7
• 1.2.8
• 1.2.9
• 1.2.10
• 1.2.11
• 1.2.12
• 1.2.13
• 1.2.14
• 1.2.15
• 1.2.16
• 1.2.17
• 1.2.18
• 1.2.19
• 1.2.20

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