Simple Job Board <= 2.12.5 - Unauthenticated Resumes Download

2024-09-13 00:00

Dmitrii Ignatyev

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.12.16

Affected PluginSimple Job Board

Affected Version<= 2.12.5

CVSS5.3Medium

CVECVE-2024-7762

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Vulnerability Overview

The Simple Job Board plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in versions up to, and including, 2.12.5 due to insufficient access controls placed on the 'wp-content/uploads/jobpost/[YEAR]' directory. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to download potentially sensitive resume information.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.12.16, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor) The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-7762 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8620bbc1-efb2-471d-89fc-02e945675e65

CVSS Vector

5.3

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

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