JobCareer | Job Board Responsive WordPress Theme < 2.4 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Password Reset
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 2.4.1
- Affected Plugin
- JobCareer | Job Board Responsive WordPress Theme
- Affected Version
< 2.4.1- CVSS
- 8.8High
- Weakness type
- CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
- CVE
CVE-2018-19488
At a glance
CVE-2018-19488 is a high-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the JobCareer WordPress plugin, affecting versions < 2.4.1. It carries a CVSS score of 8.8 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality, integrity, availability impact). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 2.4.1; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed December 2018, reported by Anthony MAESTRE.
Vulnerability Overview
The WP-jobhunt plugin before version 2.4 for WordPress does not control AJAX requests sent to the cs_reset_pass() function through the admin-ajax.php file, which allows remote unauthenticated attackers to reset the password of a user's account.
Technical Analysis
The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability — full site compromise territory.
CWE-862: Missing Authorization
JobCareer < 2.4.1 carries this weakness at cs_reset_pass(), and reaching it takes no account at all. A missing authorization check means a function is reachable by anyone who can reach the endpoint, because the code never asks whether the caller is allowed to perform the action.
Any user who can reach the endpoint gets to run an action reserved for higher-privileged roles, from reading protected data to changing settings or content. For JobCareer the fix is 2.4.1: builds < 2.4.1 are affected, anything from 2.4.1 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 2.4.1, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
This one needs no account at all, which puts it outside what login hardening can reach; WordSec's login security narrows the account-level paths around it, and the firewall is what inspects the request itself. None of that substitutes for the fix: JobCareer 2.4.1 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Login Security
- Alerts
External References
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