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CVE-2025-3918

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

EPSS 0.6%CVSS 9.8
critical.is priorityof 100
39
CVSS 9.8 (CNA)9.8 / 10 × 3029.4Not in CISA KEV+300.0EPSS percentile 47.3.473 × 209.5No public exploit+100.0SSVC exploitation: none+100.0
Description · from the CVE record

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.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
Job Listings0.1 – 0.1.1–CNA

Scores by source

Wordfence (CNA)9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

References

refwordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c9cd43f5-c3d0-4eb2-9c18-1af2edca37ff?source=cverefplugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/job-listings/trunk/includes/forms/class-jlt-form-member.php#L68refwordpress.org/plugins/job-listings/#developers