CVE-2017-9603 — SQL injection vulnerability in the WP Jobs plugin before 1

SQL injection vulnerability in the WP Jobs plugin before 1.5 for WordPress allows authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the jobid parameter to wp-admin/edit.php.

01What is this vulnerability?

SQL injection vulnerability in the WP Jobs plugin before 1.5 for WordPress allows authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the jobid parameter to wp-admin/edit.php.

02Affected products

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2017-06-13T18:29:00.267
• Last modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

09References

• wordpress.org — https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-jobs/#developers
• wpvulndb.com — https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8847
• www.exploit-db.com — https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42172/
• wordpress.org — https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-jobs/#developers
• wpvulndb.com — https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8847
• www.exploit-db.com — https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42172/