WordPress security changelog
HIGH CVE-2022-2544 Modified

Ninja Job Board: A security weakness

Ninja Job Board is affected by a security weakness. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.

CVE / CNA score 7.5 CVSS · contact@wpscan.com
NVD score 7.5 CVSS 3.1 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
Ninja Job Board
Plugin slug
ninja-job-board
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Aug 22, 2022
Weakness
CWE-425 — Direct Request ('Forced Browsing')

This CVE was published Aug 22, 2022 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Ninja Job Board 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 Ninja Job Board WordPress plugin before 1.3.3 does not protect the directory where it stores uploaded resumes, making it vulnerable to unauthenticated Directory Listing which allows the download of uploaded resumes.

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

Primary and upstream sources