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GHSA-R426-78F6-7RQW

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-05-03 03:30 – Updated: 2025-05-03 03:30

Details

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

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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-05-03 01:43 – Updated: 2025-05-06 15:03

Title

Job Listings 0.1 - 0.1.1 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via register_action Function

Summary

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-05-06 15:03 UTC

CWE

CWE-285 - Improper Authorization

Assigner

Wordfence mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/job-li…
https://wordpress.org/plugins/job-listings/#developers

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
nootheme	Job Listings	Affected: 0.1 , ≤ 0.1.1 (semver)

Credits

Kenneth Dunn

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