FKIE_CVE-2025-3918

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-05-03 03:15 - Updated: 2025-05-05 20:54
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
References
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/job-listings/trunk/includes/forms/class-jlt-form-member.php#L68
security@wordfence.comhttps://wordpress.org/plugins/job-listings/#developers
security@wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c9cd43f5-c3d0-4eb2-9c18-1af2edca37ff?source=cve
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  "lastModified": "2025-05-05T20:54:19.760",
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