CVE-2025-67916
Published: 08 January 2026
Summary
CVE-2025-67916 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 7.1 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique JavaScript (T1059.007); ranked at the 19.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Likely Mitigating ControlsAI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress theme directly enables script execution via malicious links (JavaScript interpreter, drive-by compromise, public app exploit, user execution, spearphishing link).
NVD Description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Astoundify Jobify jobify allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Jobify: from n/a through <= 4.3.0.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-67916 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the Astoundify Jobify WordPress theme. This issue affects Jobify versions from n/a through 4.3.0 and was published on 2026-01-08.
The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L), indicating network accessibility, low attack complexity, no required privileges, and user interaction such as clicking a malicious link. Remote attackers can exploit it by tricking authenticated or unauthenticated users into interacting with crafted input reflected in web pages, potentially achieving low impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability within a changed scope, such as executing scripts in the victim's browser context.
The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/jobify/vulnerability/wordpress-jobify-theme-4-3-0-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve details this XSS vulnerability in the WordPress Jobify theme version 4.3.0 and provides information on mitigation, including recommendations for applying available patches or updates to affected installations.
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