CVE-2024-11715
WP Job Portal <= 2.2.2 - Missing Authorization to Limited Privilege Escalation
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 4.8 Medium
- Published
- Dec 14, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Reserved
- Nov 25, 2024
Description
The WP Job Portal – A Complete Recruitment System for Company or Job Board website plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the assignUserRole() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to elevate their privileges to that of an employer.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 4.8 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N | Wordfence |
Weaknesses
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
WP Job Portal – AI-Powered Recruitment System for Company or Job Board websitewpjobportal |
|
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4107199d-e3c7-4379-b39d-1868de7d777b?source=cve
- https://gist.github.com/tvnnn/9b706643c5f88989c98815be8b101e11
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3202327/wp-job-portal/tags/2.2.3/modules/user/controller.php?old=3187129&old_path=wp-job-portal%2Ftags%2F2.2.2%2Fmodules%2Fuser%2Fcontroller.php
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