wpjobportal WP Job Portal Plugin up to 2.2.2 on WordPress fieldfor/visibleParent/id sql injection

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A vulnerability was found in wpjobportal WP Job Portal Plugin up to 2.2.2 on WordPress. It has been rated as critical. Affected is an unknown function. This manipulation of the argument fieldfor/visibleParent/id causes sql injection. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2024-11710. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability has been found in wpjobportal WP Job Portal Plugin up to 2.2.2 on WordPress and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument fieldfor/visibleParent/id with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The WP Job Portal – A Complete Recruitment System for Company or Job Board website plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'fieldfor', 'visibleParent' and 'id' parameters in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.2 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

The weakness was presented by Tran Van Nhan. It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-11710 since 11/25/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1505 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• wpjobportal

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• WP Job Portal Plugin

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• 2.2.0
• 2.2.1
• 2.2.2

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