CVE-2024-11285

Status: AnalyzedCritical (9.8)—

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.

CVSS

Version: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base score: 9.8

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.43%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 35
Score date: 10/6/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

🎯 ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

ExploitationT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Applicationinitial access90 %
Secondary impactT1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalationprivilege escalation75 %

Plugin WordPress sin validación de identidad expone account_settings_callback() a la red sin autenticación (AV:N, PR:N), permitiendo cambiar email de admins para resetear contraseñas y tomar cuentas.

Inferred by our analysis agent from the official description, CVSS vector and CWE, and checked by a supervisor. May contain errors.

🛡️ ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Application Isolation and Sandboxing Exploit Protection Update Software Vulnerability Scanning Threat Intelligence Program Privileged Account Management

Affected technologies (1)

Chimpgroup — Jobcareer

CWEs

CWE-639

References

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