JobCareer | Job Board Responsive WordPress Theme < 2.4 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Password Reset

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2018-19488
CVSS High (8.8)
Publicly Published December 4, 2018
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Anthony MAESTRE
Description

The WP-jobhunt plugin before version 2.4 for WordPress does not control AJAX requests sent to the cs_reset_pass() function through the admin-ajax.php file, which allows remote unauthenticated attackers to reset the password of a user's account.

References

2 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug jobcareer (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.4.1
Patched Version
  • 2.4.1
Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-jobhunt (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.4
Patched Version
  • 2.4
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