CVE-2025-3918 (GCVE-0-2025-3918)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-03 01:43 – Updated: 2025-05-06 15:03
VLAI?
Summary
The Job Listings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to improper authorization within the register_action() function in versions 0.1 to 0.1.1. The plugin’s registration handler reads the client-supplied $_POST['user_role'] and passes it directly to wp_insert_user() without restricting to a safe set of roles. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to elevate their privileges to that of an administrator.
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
nootheme Job Listings Affected: 0.1 , ≤ 0.1.1 (semver)
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Credits
Kenneth Dunn
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