CVE-2022-2558

Simple Job Board <= 2.9.6 - Information Disclosure

2022-08-01 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 2.9.10
Affected Plugin: Simple Job Board
Affected Version: <= 2.9.6
CVSS: 7.5High
Weakness type: CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE: CVE-2022-2558

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At a glance

CVE-2022-2558 is a high-severity Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in the Simple Job Board WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 2.9.6. It carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality impact). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 2.9.10; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed August 2022.

Vulnerability Overview

The plugin Simple Job Board for WordPress is vulnerable to Information Disclosure in versions up to, and including, 2.9.6. This makes it possible for attackers do extract sensitive information such as resumes.

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 privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality.

CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Reaching this weakness in Simple Job Board <= 2.9.6 takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. Sensitive information exposure means data the application intended to keep internal is returned to a caller who should not be able to see it.

The disclosed data — credentials, tokens, customer records or internal paths — is usually worth more as material for a follow-up attack than as an end in itself. For Simple Job Board the fix is 2.9.10: builds <= 2.9.6 are affected, anything from 2.9.10 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 2.9.10, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

The fix is the thing that ends this: Simple Job Board 2.9.10 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2558 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/838ccf02-2b01-42f8-b5bf-6fafbb2db673 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2558

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CVSS Vector

7.5

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

Base

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

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