CVE-2025-7374

WP JobHunt <= 7.6 Authenticated (Custom+) Authorization Bypass

2025-10-09 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 7.7
Affected Plugin: WP JobHunt
Affected Version: <= 7.6
CVSS: 5.4Medium
Weakness type: CWE-863 · Incorrect Authorization
CVE: CVE-2025-7374

At a glance

CVE-2025-7374 is a medium-severity Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in the WP JobHunt WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 7.6. It carries a CVSS score of 5.4 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Custom level or above. The issue is fixed in version 7.7; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed October 2025, reported by meghnine islem.

Vulnerability Overview

The WP JobHunt plugin for WordPress, used by the JobCareer theme, is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 7.6. This is due to insufficient login restrictions on inactive and pending accounts. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Candidate- and Employer-level access and above, to log in to the site even if their account is inactive or pending.

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 interaction from a victim user.

CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization

Reaching this weakness in WP JobHunt <= 7.6 takes an account at Custom level or above. Incorrect authorization means a permission check exists but evaluates the wrong thing, so it passes for callers it was meant to stop.

The action runs for users the code intended to exclude, with the same effect as having no check at all. For WP JobHunt the fix is 7.7: builds <= 7.6 are affected, anything from 7.7 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 7.7, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

Because it turns on account access, WordSec's login security is the relevant layer: role-based two-factor, captcha and brute-force limits raise the cost of getting the account this needs. None of that substitutes for the fix: WP JobHunt 7.7 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

Login Security
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External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-7374 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/12643dd9-3b5e-45ea-9a64-a5b00c9202c8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-7374

Related records

Other vulnerabilities in WP JobHunt

CVSS Vector

5.4

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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