Job Listings, CVE-2025-3918

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2025-3918
Home page URL: Security reports for Job Listings
Application: Job Listings
Published on: May 03, 2025
Research Description: 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.
Affected versions: Min 0.1, max 0.1.1.
Status: vulnerable