WordPress security changelog
HIGH CVE-2015-6668 Deferred

Job Manager: A security weakness

Job Manager is affected by a security weakness. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.

CVE / CNA score 7.5 CVSS · cve@mitre.org
NVD score 7.5 CVSS 3.0 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
Job Manager
Plugin slug
job-manager
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Oct 19, 2017
Weakness
CWE-200 — Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

This CVE was published Oct 19, 2017 and is one of 4 known issues for this plugin.

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Job Manager to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Technical description

The Job Manager plugin before 0.7.25 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary CV files via a brute force attack to the WordPress upload directory structure, related to an insecure direct object reference.

NVD vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Primary and upstream sources