CVE-2024-12213

Feb. 20, 2025, 4:08 p.m.

9.8
Critical

Description

The WP Job Board Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.76. This is due to the plugin allowing a user to supply the 'role' field when registering. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register as an administrator on vulnerable sites.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Apusthemes
  • Superio
  • *

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-266
Incorrect Privilege Assignment
A product incorrectly assigns a privilege to a particular actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a apusthemes superio / / / / / wordpress / /

References

https://themeforest.net/item/superio-job-board-wordpress-theme/32180231
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7cdfce88-b6c2-4820-9d6f-446f61b9b596?source=cve

Tags

security@wordfence.com
CWE-266
2025-02-12
CVE-2024-12213

CVSS Score

9.8 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
  • Integrity Impact: HIGH
  • Availability Impact: HIGH

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

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Timeline

Published: Feb. 12, 2025, 10:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Feb. 20, 2025, 4:08 p.m.

Status : Analyzed

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

security@wordfence.com

*Disclaimer: Some vulnerabilities do not have an associated CPE. To enhance the data, we use AI to infer CPEs based on CVE details. This is an automated process and might not always be accurate.