WPJobBoard Plugin up to 5.11.0 on WordPress path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in WPJobBoard Plugin up to 5.11.0 on WordPress. This issue affects some unknown processing. This manipulation causes path traversal. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2025-30966. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in WPJobBoard Plugin up to 5.11.0 on WordPress. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-35. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize '.../...//' (doubled triple dot slash) sequences that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Path Traversal vulnerability in NotFound WPJobBoard allows Path Traversal. This issue affects WPJobBoard: from n/a through n/a.

The weakness was disclosed by Ananda Dhakal. The advisory is shared at patchstack.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-30966 since 03/26/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 5.11.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-35 / CWE-23 / CWE-22
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: WPJobBoard Plugin 5.11.1

Timelineinfo

03/26/2025 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: patchstack.com
Researcher: Ananda Dhakal
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-30966 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-30966
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-304957

Entryinfo

Created: 04/16/2025 02:39
Changes: 04/16/2025 02:39 (64)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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