WP JobSearch <= 2.6.7 - Authentication Bypass to Account Takeover and Privilege Escalation

9.8
Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
CVE CVE-2024-11925
CVSS 9.8 (Critical)
Publicly Published November 27, 2024
Last Updated November 28, 2024
Researcher Tonn

Description

The JobSearch WP Job Board plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.7. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying a users identity when verifying an email address through the user_account_activation function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any user, including site administrators if the users email is known.

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Vulnerability Details for JobSearch WP Job Board

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-jobsearch
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 2.6.8, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 2.6.7
Patched Version
  • 2.6.8

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