Simple Job Board <= 2.12.5 - Unauthenticated Resumes Download

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE CVE-2024-7762
CVSS Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published September 13, 2024
Last Updated October 8, 2024
Researcher Dmitrii Ignatyev
Description

The Simple Job Board plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in versions up to, and including, 2.12.5 due to insufficient access controls placed on the 'wp-content/uploads/jobpost/[YEAR]' directory. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to download potentially sensitive resume information.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug simple-job-board (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.12.5
Patched Version
  • 2.12.16
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