CVE-2023-6978

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  3. CVE-2023-6978
The WP Job Manager – Company Profiles plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'company' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

6.1 /10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3198763%40wp-job-manager-companies&new=3198763%40wp-job-manager-companies&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= Patch
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c8edba5b-9bce-4a93-86a6-bb6dcb30fa60?source=cve Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:astoundify:wp_job_manager:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
History

09 Jul 2025, 13:27

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3198763%40wp-job-manager-companies&new=3198763%40wp-job-manager-companies&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= - () https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3198763%40wp-job-manager-companies&new=3198763%40wp-job-manager-companies&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= - Patch
References () https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c8edba5b-9bce-4a93-86a6-bb6dcb30fa60?source=cve - () https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c8edba5b-9bce-4a93-86a6-bb6dcb30fa60?source=cve - Third Party Advisory
Summary
  • (es) El complemento WP Job Manager – Company Profiles para WordPress es vulnerable a ataques de Cross-Site Scripting reflejado a través del parámetro 'company' en todas las versiones hasta la 1.7 incluida, debido a una desinfección de entrada y un escape de salida insuficientes. Esto permite que atacantes no autenticados inyecten scripts web arbitrarios en páginas que se ejecutan si logran engañar a un usuario para que realice una acción, como hacer clic en un enlace.
CPE cpe:2.3:a:astoundify:wp_job_manager:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
First Time Astoundify
Astoundify wp Job Manager

04 Dec 2024, 08:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE
Information

Published : 2024-12-04 08:15

Updated : 2025-07-09 13:27

NVD link : CVE-2023-6978

Mitre link : CVE-2023-6978

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-6978

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Products Affected

astoundify

  • wp_job_manager
CWE
CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')