CVE-2024-11283

WP JobHunt <= 7.1 - Authentication Bypass to Candidate

2025-03-13 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Unpatched
Affected Plugin: WP JobHunt
Affected Version: <= 7.1
CVSS: 7.5High
Weakness type: CWE-289 · Authentication Bypass by Alternate Name
CVE: CVE-2024-11283

At a glance

CVE-2024-11283 is a high-severity Authentication Bypass by Alternate Name vulnerability in the WP JobHunt WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 7.1. It carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality impact). Exploitation requires no authentication. No fixed release has been reported yet; treat installations running this software as exposed. Disclosed March 2025, reported by Tonn.

Vulnerability Overview

The WP JobHunt plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in all versions up to, and including, 7.1. This is due to wp_ajax_google_api_login_callback function not properly verifying a user's identity prior to authenticating them. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to access arbitrary candidate accounts.

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-289: Authentication Bypass by Alternate Name

Reaching this weakness in WP JobHunt <= 7.1 takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. Authentication bypass by alternate name means access checks are performed against one form of an identifier while the sensitive operation uses another, so a differently spelled value slips through.

Registering or supplying a variant spelling of a privileged account's identifier is enough to be treated as that account. No fixed build of this plugin is recorded for WP JobHunt yet, so installs running <= 7.1 stay exposed until the vendor ships one.

Remediation

No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.

How does WordSec protect against this?

No patched version is recorded yet, so there is nothing to update to; WordSec's vulnerability alerts flag this record the moment that changes.

Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-11283 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cfa487fb-c014-47f1-9537-73881ede30b4 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11283

Related records

Other vulnerabilities in WP JobHunt

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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