CVE-2025-3918CRITICAL 9.8EPSS p36.5%

CVE-2025-3918CVE-2025-3918

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.

Scoring

CVSS 3.19.8 (CRITICAL)
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS0.46% probability of exploitation · percentile 36.5% · 2026-06-19T12:03:05Z
Published2025-05-03
Last modified2026-04-15

Underlying weaknesses· 1

CWE-285

References

  1. https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/job-listings/trunk/includes/forms/class-jlt-form-member.php#L68
  2. https://wordpress.org/plugins/job-listings/#developers
  3. https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c9cd43f5-c3d0-4eb2-9c18-1af2edca37ff?source=cve

1

TypeTargetConfidenceTier
WeaknessImproper Authorizationcwe-2850%live

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