WP Job Portal <= 2.2.2 - Missing Authorization to Limited Privilege Escalation

2024-12-13 00:00

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Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.2.3

Affected PluginWP Job Portal – AI-Powered Recruitment System for Company or Job Board website

Affected Version<= 2.2.2

CVSS4.8Medium

CVECVE-2024-11715

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Vulnerability Overview

The WP Job Portal – A Complete Recruitment System for Company or Job Board website plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the assignUserRole() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to elevate their privileges to that of an employer.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.2.3, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-11715 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4107199d-e3c7-4379-b39d-1868de7d777b

CVSS Vector

4.8

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityHigh
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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