wpjobportal WP Job Portal Plugin up to 2.2.6 on WordPress enforcedelete authorization

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A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in wpjobportal WP Job Portal Plugin up to 2.2.6 on WordPress. This issue affects the function enforcedelete. This manipulation causes authorization. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-13425. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability has been found in wpjobportal WP Job Portal Plugin up to 2.2.6 on WordPress and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function enforcedelete. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-639. The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. 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 Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.6 via the enforcedelete() function due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Employer-level access and above, to delete other users companies.

The weakness was released by Tran Van Nhan. It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-13425 since 01/15/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/01/2025).

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
• 2.2.3
• 2.2.4
• 2.2.5
• 2.2.6

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