WP JobSearch <= 2.6.7 - Authentication Bypass to Account Takeover and Privilege Escalation

Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
CVE CVE-2024-11925
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published November 27, 2024
Last Updated November 28, 2024
Researcher Tonn
Description

The JobSearch WP Job Board plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.7. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying a users identity when verifying an email address through the user_account_activation function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any user, including site administrators if the users email is known.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-jobsearch (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.6.7
Patched Version
  • 2.6.8
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