CVE-2024-12213 (GCVE-0-2024-12213)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-02-12 09:22 – Updated: 2025-02-12 16:08
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Summary
The WP Job Board Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.76. This is due to the plugin allowing a user to supply the 'role' field when registering. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register as an administrator on vulnerable sites.
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-266 - Incorrect Privilege Assignment
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
http://apusthemes.com/ WP Job Board Pro Affected: * , ≤ 1.2.76 (semver)
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Credits
Friderika Baranyai
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