4.8
MEDIUM
CVE-2024-11715
WordPress Job Portal - Unauthorized Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description

The WP Job Portal – A Complete Recruitment System for Company or Job Board website plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the assignUserRole() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to elevate their privileges to that of an employer.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 14, 2024, 7:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Dec. 14, 2024, 7:15 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.5

Exploitability Score :

2.2
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-11715 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Wpjobportal wp_job_portal

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-11715 vulnerability over time.

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  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Dec. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description The WP Job Portal – A Complete Recruitment System for Company or Job Board website plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the assignUserRole() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to elevate their privileges to that of an employer.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Added CWE CWE-862
    Added Reference https://gist.github.com/tvnnn/9b706643c5f88989c98815be8b101e11
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3202327/wp-job-portal/tags/2.2.3/modules/user/controller.php?old=3187129&old_path=wp-job-portal%2Ftags%2F2.2.2%2Fmodules%2Fuser%2Fcontroller.php
    Added Reference https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4107199d-e3c7-4379-b39d-1868de7d777b?source=cve
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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