CVE-2024-52481

Jobify - Job Board WordPress Theme < 4.3.0 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read

2024-11-18 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 4.3.0
Affected Theme: Jobify - Job Board WordPress Theme
Affected Version: < 4.3.0
CVSS: 8.2High
Weakness type: CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
CVE: CVE-2024-52481

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At a glance

CVE-2024-52481 is a high-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Jobify - Job Board WordPress Theme WordPress theme, affecting versions < 4.3.0. It carries a CVSS score of 8.2 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality impact). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 4.3.0; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed November 2024, reported by Ananda Dhakal.

Vulnerability Overview

The jobify theme for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file read in all versions up to, and excluding, 4.3.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may contain sensitive information including DB credentials.

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-862: Missing Authorization

Reaching this weakness in Jobify - Job Board WordPress Theme < 4.3.0 takes no account at all. A missing authorization check means a function is reachable by anyone who can reach the endpoint, because the code never asks whether the caller is allowed to perform the action.

Any user who can reach the endpoint gets to run an action reserved for higher-privileged roles, from reading protected data to changing settings or content. For Jobify - Job Board WordPress Theme the fix is 4.3.0: builds < 4.3.0 are affected, anything from 4.3.0 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 4.3.0, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

This one needs no account at all, which puts it outside what login hardening can reach; WordSec's login security narrows the account-level paths around it, and the firewall is what inspects the request itself. None of that substitutes for the fix: Jobify - Job Board WordPress Theme 4.3.0 closes this, and updating the theme is the step that ends it.

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External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-52481 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/78af7acb-bcaf-4ad9-807e-4a95a522f8c5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-52481

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CVSS Vector

8.2

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

Base

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

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