CVE-2025-7733

WP JobHunt <= 7.7 - Authenticated (Candidate+) Insecure Direct Object Reference

2025-12-20 01:29
meghnine islem

Strategic Overview

Status
Unpatched
Affected Plugin
WP JobHunt
Affected Version
<= 7.7
CVSS
4.3Medium
Weakness type
CWE-639 · Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
CVE
CVE-2025-7733
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At a glance

CVE-2025-7733 is a medium-severity Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability in the WP JobHunt WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 7.7. It carries a CVSS score of 4.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Candidate level or above. No fixed release has been reported yet; treat installations running this software as exposed. Disclosed December 2025, reported by meghnine islem.

Vulnerability Overview

The WP JobHunt plugin for WordPress, used by the JobCareer theme, is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 7.7 via the 'cs_update_application_status_callback' due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Candidate-level access and above, to send a site-generated email with injected HTML to any user.

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-639: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

WP JobHunt <= 7.7 carries this weakness at cs_update_application_status_callback, and reaching it takes an account at Candidate level or above. Authorization bypass through a user-controlled key, often called insecure direct object reference, means the application looks up a record by an identifier from the request without checking that the caller owns it.

Changing a number in the request is enough to read or modify other users' records, which on commerce and membership sites means customer data. No fixed build of this plugin is recorded for WP JobHunt yet, so installs running <= 7.7 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?

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. No patched version is recorded yet, which is the case where a filtering layer matters most, because there is nothing to update to.

  • Login Security
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External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-7733https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/409bcd8c-6cd3-4022-a67f-57e901c83d66https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-7733

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