Job Listings 0.1 — 0.1.1 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via register_action Function

Am I affected?

• Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Job Listings.
• 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

1. No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
2. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
3. Watch Job Listings to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to kr0d.

The Job Listings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to improper authorization within the register_action() function in versions 0.1 to 0.1.1. The plugin’s registration handler reads the client-supplied $_POST['user_role'] and passes it directly to wp_insert_user() without restricting to a safe set of roles. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to elevate their privileges to that of an administrator.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

• Advisorywordfence.com

Timeline

1. May 2, 2025

   CVE published

   Severity critical, CVSS 9.8

2. Nov 13, 2026

   Record last updated