Is Career Section safe to use?

Laskyr does not give safety verdicts. No known unpatched vulnerabilities in the latest version (1.8). As of 2026-11-04. 2 issues are on record for older versions; version 1.8 or newer fixes all of them that state a fix. Keep Career Section on the latest version (1.8) and remove it if you do not use it.

Which versions of Career Section are vulnerable?

Known issues on record (newest first): Arbitrary file upload (1.7 and older, fixed in 1.8); Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) (1.6 and older, fixed in 1.7). The full list with sources is on this page.

What is the latest version of Career Section?

1.8, according to wordpress.org (last updated 2026-04-16). It has fewer than 10 active installs.

What should I do if my Career Section is out of date?

Take a backup, then update it from Dashboard > Updates (or run wp plugin update career-section). If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can. If you think the site was already attacked, run a free scan at https://laskyr.com/scan.

Plugins · career-section · data as of 2026-11-04

Is Career Section safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version

Latest version: 1.8
Last updated: 2026-04-16
Active installs: fewer than 10
Known issues on record: 2
Unpatched in latest: 0
Tested up to WP: 6.9.11 · PHP 7.4+

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What to do

Update to the latest version (1.8). Anything older than 1.8 has at least one known issue listed below. Dashboard → Updates, or Plugins → “update now”.
If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can.
Turn on auto-updates for it: Plugins → “Enable auto-updates” on its row.
If you ran a vulnerable version and something looks off (spam pages, strange admins, redirects), run the free scan.

With WP-CLI: wp plugin get career-section --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update career-section updates it.

Check your version

Known vulnerabilities

2 on record, newest first. “Affected” is the version range the source gives; “fixed in” is the version the source names, or (marked *) the first wordpress.org release after the last affected version.

critical 9.8 CVE-2026-6271 · published 2026-05-14

Arbitrary file upload in Career Section (1.7 and older)

Affected: 1.7 and older
Fixed in: 1.8 *
Access needed (per CVSS): No login needed
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence

Details from the advisory

The Career Section plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Upload in all versions up to, and including, 1.7 via the CV upload handler. This is due to missing file type validation. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload files that may be executable, which makes remote code execution possible.

NVD CVE-2026-6271 Wordfence advisory Code change (fix)

high 8.8 CVE-2025-14868 · published 2026-04-16

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in Career Section (1.6 and older)

Affected: 1.6 and older
Fixed in: 1.7 *
Access needed (per CVSS): No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence

Details from the advisory

The Career Section plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery leading to Path Traversal and Arbitrary File Deletion in all versions up to, and including, 1.6. This is due to missing nonce validation and insufficient file path validation on the delete action in the 'appform_options_page_html' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary files on the server via a forged request, granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

NVD CVE-2025-14868 Wordfence advisory Code change (fix)

Recent activity

2026-04-16 — latest release on wordpress.org (1.8).
2026-05-14 — Arbitrary file upload disclosed (CVE-2026-6271), fixed in 1.8.
2026-04-16 — Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) disclosed (CVE-2025-14868), fixed in 1.7.

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Browse vulnerabilities

Types found in this plugin: Arbitrary file upload (1) · Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) (1)

Where this data comes from

Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/career-section (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-04.
Vulnerabilities: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-04. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
Each record links to its CVE page and to the original advisory (Wordfence, Patchstack or WPScan) where there is one. We only list a CVE here when its references or its advisory name this exact plugin, so a few real issues may be missing; none should be about a different plugin. Spot an error? Email Daniel.

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