WordPress Job Board and Recruitment Plugin – JobWP <= 2.0 - Arbitrary File Upload via 'jobwp_upload_resume'

2023-08-01 00:00

Myungju Kim

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.1

Affected PluginJobWP – Job Board Plugin for WordPress | Job Listings, Career Page & Applications

Affected Version<= 2.0

CVSS9.8Critical

CVECVE-2023-29384

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Vulnerability Overview

The WordPress Job Board and Recruitment Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the 'jobwp_upload_resume' function in versions up to, and including, 2.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.1, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type) The product allows the upload or transfer of dangerous file types that are automatically processed within its environment.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-29384 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/88f4c567-eb57-4f98-afdc-65f8863b90c3

CVSS Vector

9.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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