WordPress security changelog
CRITICAL CVE-2025-5397 Deferred

Noo JobMonster: Privilege escalation or authentication bypass

Noo JobMonster is affected by privilege escalation or authentication bypass. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. A successful request can grant permissions or access that the caller should not possess.

CVE / CNA score 9.8 CVSS 3.1 · security@wordfence.com
NVD score Pending NVD has not published its own CVSS assessment.
Component
Noo JobMonster
Plugin slug
noo-jobmonster
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Oct 31, 2025
Weakness
CWE-288 — Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel

This CVE was published Oct 31, 2025 and is one of 11 known issues for this theme.

Patch or disable the affected component.

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

Technical description

The Noo JobMonster theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 4.8.1. This is due to the check_login() function not properly verifying a user's identity prior to successfully authenticating them This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass standard authentication and access administrative user accounts. Please note social login needs to be enabled in order for a site to be impacted by this vulnerability.

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

Primary and upstream sources