CVE-2025-3918
Job Listings 0.1 - 0.1.1 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via register_action Function
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 9.8 Critical
- Published
- May 3, 2025
- Updated
- May 6, 2025
- Reserved
- Apr 24, 2025
Description
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 9.8 Critical | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Wordfence |
Weaknesses
- CWE-285 Improper Authorization
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Job Listingsnootheme |
|
References
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