Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in WP JobHunt Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2024-11285

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor
WordPress
Vendor
CVE Published:
14 March 2025

Summary

The WP JobHunt plugin for WordPress exhibits a serious privilege escalation flaw due to inadequate identity verification during the update of user details. Specifically, it fails to validate user identities reliably in the account_settings_callback() function. This vulnerability allows unauthorized attackers to modify the email addresses of any user, including administrators. By doing so, attackers can easily reset passwords and gain full access to the affected accounts, compromising sensitive information and the integrity of the website.

Affected Version(s)

WP JobHunt * <= 7.1

References

CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

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