5.3
MEDIUM CVSS 3.1
CVE-2024-13371
WordPress Job Portal - Mail Server Email Sending Remote Code Execution
Description

The WP Job Portal – A Complete Recruitment System for Company or Job Board website plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized arbitrary emails sending due to a missing capability check on the sendEmailToJobSeeker() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to send arbitrary emails with arbitrary content from the sites mail server.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 1, 2025, 8:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 5, 2025, 4:16 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-13371 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
CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
Update the WP Job Portal plugin to a version that includes a capability check for sending emails.
  • Update the WP Job Portal plugin to the latest version.
  • Verify that the email sending functionality is restricted.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2024-13371 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2024-13371 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-13371 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 05, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:wpjobportal:wp_job_portal:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2.2.7
    Changed Reference Type https://gist.github.com/g1-nhantv/31b04bc057046ecc54c3552387eb7bca No Types Assigned https://gist.github.com/g1-nhantv/31b04bc057046ecc54c3552387eb7bca Product
    Changed Reference Type https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3229608/wp-job-portal/tags/2.2.7/modules/jobapply/model.php?old=3216415&old_path=wp-job-portal%2Ftags%2F2.2.6%2Fmodules%2Fjobapply%2Fmodel.php No Types Assigned https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3229608/wp-job-portal/tags/2.2.7/modules/jobapply/model.php?old=3216415&old_path=wp-job-portal%2Ftags%2F2.2.6%2Fmodules%2Fjobapply%2Fmodel.php Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a84a4c56-a44e-450d-91fc-024f8ddeedee?source=cve No Types Assigned https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a84a4c56-a44e-450d-91fc-024f8ddeedee?source=cve Third Party Advisory
  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Feb. 01, 2025

    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 arbitrary emails sending due to a missing capability check on the sendEmailToJobSeeker() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to send arbitrary emails with arbitrary content from the sites mail server.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
    Added CWE CWE-862
    Added Reference https://gist.github.com/g1-nhantv/31b04bc057046ecc54c3552387eb7bca
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3229608/wp-job-portal/tags/2.2.7/modules/jobapply/model.php?old=3216415&old_path=wp-job-portal%2Ftags%2F2.2.6%2Fmodules%2Fjobapply%2Fmodel.php
    Added Reference https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a84a4c56-a44e-450d-91fc-024f8ddeedee?source=cve
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 5.3
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