Vulnerability · Published Mar 14, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-11285WP JobHunt <= 7.1 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Email Update/Account Takeover
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity authorization bypass via user-controlled key in WP JobHunt. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 38% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The WP JobHunt plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 7.1. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their details like email via the account_settings_callback() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change arbitrary user's email addresses, including administrators, and leverage that to reset the user's password and gain access to their account.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | WP JobHunt | 0 – through 7.1 |
Weakness: CWE-639 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H