JobSearch WP Job Board <= 1.8.1 - Missing Authorization to Settings Change

5.3
Improper Access Control
CVE CVE-2021-4352
CVSS 5.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published October 5, 2021
Last Updated June 7, 2023
Researcher Jerome Bruandet - NinTechNet

Description

The JobSearch WP Job Board plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the save_locsettings function in versions up to, and including, 1.8.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change the settings of the plugin.

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Vulnerability Details for JobSearch WP Job Board

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-jobsearch
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.8.2, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.8.1
Patched Version
  • 1.8.2

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