wpjobportal WP Job Portal Plugin up to 2.2.2 on WordPress getFieldsForVisibleCombobox ff sql injection

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A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in wpjobportal WP Job Portal Plugin up to 2.2.2 on WordPress. This affects the function getFieldsForVisibleCombobox. Executing a manipulation of the argument ff can lead to sql injection. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-11714. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in wpjobportal WP Job Portal Plugin up to 2.2.2 on WordPress. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects the function getFieldsForVisibleCombobox. The manipulation of the argument ff 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. CVE summarizes:

The WP Job Portal – A Complete Recruitment System for Company or Job Board website plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'ff' parameter of the getFieldsForVisibleCombobox() function 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 released by Tran Van Nhan. The advisory is available at wordfence.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-11714 since 11/25/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploitation needs additional levels of successful authentication. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1505 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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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