WP JobSearch <= 2.6.7 — Authentication Bypass to Account Takeover and Privilege Escalation
CVE-2024-11925Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤2.6.7Update to 2.6.8 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Critical9.8
- CVSS
- 9.8CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
JobSearch WP Job Board wp-jobsearch
- Affected≤ 2.6.7
- Patched in2.6.8
Update to 2.6.8 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 2.6.7. Version 2.6.8 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under JobSearch WP Job Board.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 2.6.8, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch JobSearch WP Job Board to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Tonn.
The JobSearch WP Job Board plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.7. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying a users identity when verifying an email address through the user_account_activation function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any user, including site administrators if the users email is known.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
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All 35| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| High8.1 | Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection ≤3.2.0No patch available | CVE-2026-84834 | |
| High7.2 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤3.2.9Update to 3.3.0 | CVE-2026-57383 | |
| High7.5 | Unauthenticated SQL Injection ≤3.2.9Update to 3.3.0 | CVE-2026-54186 | |
| Medium5.3 | Missing Authorization ≤3.2.7Update to 3.2.8 | CVE-2026-49057 | |
| Medium6.1 | Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ≤3.2.0Update to 3.2.2 | CVE-2026-32493 |
- High8.1Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection
≤3.2.0No patch available
- High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤3.2.9Update to 3.3.0
- High7.5Unauthenticated SQL Injection
≤3.2.9Update to 3.3.0
- Medium5.3Missing Authorization
≤3.2.7Update to 3.2.8
- Medium6.1Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
≤3.2.0Update to 3.2.2
Timeline
CVE published
Severity critical, CVSS 9.8
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- CVSS / CWE
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