WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2024-13429 Analyzed

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 WordPress account. A successful request can reach data or an operation that should be restricted to another user or a more privileged role.

CVE / CNA score 4.3 CVSS 3.1 · security@wordfence.com
NVD score Pending NVD has not published its own CVSS assessment.
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
Feb 01, 2025
Weakness
CWE-639 — Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

This CVE was published Feb 01, 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, 2.2.6 via the 'jobenforcedelete' due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with employer-level access and above, to delete arbitrary

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

Primary and upstream sources