CVE-2025-14293 (GCVE-0-2025-14293)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-11 20:22 – Updated: 2025-12-11 21:18
VLAI?
Title
WP Job Portal <= 2.4.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Read
Summary
The WP Job Portal plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.0 via the 'downloadCustomUploadedFile' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
wpjobportal WP Job Portal – AI-Powered Recruitment System for Company or Job Board website Affected: * , ≤ 2.4.0 (semver)
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Credits
Long Nguyen
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