Custom Field For WP Job Manager <= 1.2 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Sensitive Information Exposure via Shortcode

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
CVE CVE-2023-7049
CVSS Medium (4.3)
Publicly Published August 15, 2024
Last Updated August 16, 2024
Researcher Francesco Carlucci
Description

The Custom Field For WP Job Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 1.2 via the the 'cm_fieldshow' shortcode due to missing validation on the 'job_id' user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to expose potentially sensitive post metadata.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug custom-field-for-wp-job-manager (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.2
Patched Version
  • 1.3
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