WP Job Portal – A Complete Recruitment System for Company or Job Board website: Broken access control
WP Job Portal – A Complete Recruitment System for Company or Job Board website is affected by broken access control. Exploitation requires an authenticated subscriber account. A successful request can reach data or an operation that should be restricted to another user or a more privileged role.
- Component
- WP Job Portal – A Complete Recruitment System for Company or Job Board website
- Plugin slug
wp-job-portal- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Jan 07, 2025
This CVE was published Jan 07, 2025 and is one of 44 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
No fixed release is identified. Update WP Job Portal – A Complete Recruitment System for Company or Job Board website when a confirmed fixed release becomes available; until then, disable and remove it when the site's risk warrants.
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 WP Job Portal – A Complete Recruitment System for Company or Job Board website plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.5 due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to submit resumes for other applicants when applying for jobs.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N