JobSearch WP Job Board <= 1.8.1 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Options Update

Improper Access Control
CVE CVE-2021-4361
CVSS High (8.8)
Publicly Published October 5, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Jerome Bruandet
Description

The JobSearch WP Job Board plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the jobsearch_job_integrations_settin_save AJAX action in versions up to, and including, 1.8.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers to update arbitrary options on the site.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-jobsearch (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.8.1
Patched Version
  • 1.8.2
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