Job Listings 0.1 - 0.1.1 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via register_action Function

Improper Authorization
CVE CVE-2025-3918
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published May 2, 2025
Last Updated May 3, 2025
Researcher kr0d
Description

The Job Listings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to improper authorization within the register_action() function in versions 0.1 to 0.1.1. The plugin’s registration handler reads the client-supplied $_POST['user_role'] and passes it directly to wp_insert_user() without restricting to a safe set of roles. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to elevate their privileges to that of an administrator.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug job-listings (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • 0.1 - 0.1.1
Patched Version
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