WP Job Portal <= 2.1.6 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion, Arbitrary Settings Update, and User Creation
The WP Job Portal – A Complete Recruitment System for Company or Job Board website plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion, Arbitrary Settings Update, and User Creation in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.6 via several functions called by the 'checkFormRequest' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to include and execute arbitrary files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files. This can be used to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve code execution in cases where images and other “safe” file types can be uploaded and included. Attackers can also update arbitrary settings and create user accounts even when registration is disabled, leading to user creation with a default role of Administrator.
- Published
- Sep 3, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 1.2% · 67th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-22
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Report tools
Action score
39
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 1.2%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
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- CNA · Wordfence
- 9.8
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Noroxi analysis
No Noroxi analysis for this record yet
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We use this product, ask for helpAffected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| wpjobportal | wp job portal | cpe:2.3:a:wpjobportal:wp_job_portal |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- wpjobportal wp job portalbefore 2.1.7
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Wordfence). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
wpjobportal WP Job Portal – AI-Powered Recruitment System for Company or Job Board website
- up to and including 2.1.6affected · semver
Same product
wpjobportal: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2023-4490WP Job Portal < 2.0.6 - Unauthenticated SQLi40Plan
- CVE-2025-47438WordPress WP Job Portal plugin <= 2.3.1 - Local File Inclusion vulnerability39Monitor
- CVE-2024-11715WP Job Portal <= 2.2.2 - Missing Authorization to Limited Privilege Escalation39Monitor
- CVE-2022-41786WordPress WP Job Portal Plugin <= 2.0.1 is vulnerable to Broken Access Control39Monitor
- CVE-2025-26935WordPress WP Job Portal plugin <= 2.2.8 - Local File Inclusion vulnerability35Monitor
- CVE-2024-43266WordPress WP Job Portal plugin <= 2.1.8 - Insecure Direct Object References (IDOR) vulnerability35Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
- Connor Billingsfinder
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2025-48273262 days apartWordPress WP Job Portal plugin <= 2.3.2 - Arbitrary File Download Vulnerability30Monitor
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)
Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.
- TR-24-1387 · Sep 4, 2024(WordPress Eklenti Güvenlik Bildirimi)
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-secondary
Root cause
A user-supplied file name is joined with the allowed directory, but the result is never checked to confirm it is still inside that directory.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-22 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
const file = path.join(ROOT, req.query.name);res.sendFile(file);Fixed
const file = path.resolve(ROOT, req.query.name);if (!file.startsWith(ROOT + path.sep)) { return res.sendStatus(400);}res.sendFile(file);Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- Path TraversalCAPEC-126likelihood: High · Very High
- Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation LogicCAPEC-64likelihood: High · High
- Manipulating Web Input to File System CallsCAPEC-76likelihood: High · Very High
- Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate EncodingCAPEC-78likelihood: High · High
- Using Slashes in Alternate EncodingCAPEC-79likelihood: High · High
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-job-portal/tags/2.1.5/includes/formhandler.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-job-portal/tags/2.1.5/includes/includer.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-job-portal/tags/2.1.5/includes/wpjobportal-hooks.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-job-portal/tags/2.1.5/modules/configuration/controller.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-job-portal/tags/2.1.5/modules/user/controller.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-job-portal/tags/2.1.5/modules/user/tmpl/views/frontend/form-field.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3138675/
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ca1d5275-3398-47a7-889b-4050ebe635ee?source=cve
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.