Administrator-level stored XSS via unescaped privacy label
Published Oct 21, 2021 · Updated Feb 14, 2025
Stored XSS in PressTigers Simple Job Board 2.9.4 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute scripts through a privacy label. The privacy settings view echoes the stored $job_board_privacy_policy_label value without sufficient output escaping. Administrator access and disabled unfiltered_html are required; the payload executes when the affected setting is rendered.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in PressTigers Simple Job Board 2.9.4 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute scripts through a privacy label. The privacy settings view echoes the stored $job_board_privacy_policy_label value without sufficient output escaping. Administrator access and disabled unfiltered_html are required; the payload executes when the affected setting is rendered.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-39328
- Published
- Oct 21, 2021
- Updated
- Feb 14, 2025
- Vendor
- PressTigers
- Product
- Simple Job Board
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1059.007
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 21, 2021CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 14, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=2.9.4 <=2.9.4
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Public exploit references
- Simple Job Board stored cross-site scripting proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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