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CVE-2022-2544NVD status: Modified

Ninja Job Board – Ultimate WordPress Job Board…: Direct Request

Published Updated By the CyberSecBulletin desk

CVE-2022-2544 is a high-severity direct request vulnerability in Ninja Job Board – Ultimate WordPress Job Board Plugin, with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5 out of 10. It can be exploited remotely over the network by an unauthenticated attacker, without any action from a user. The record lists version 1.3.3 as the first without the flaw, so updating Ninja Job Board – Ultimate WordPress Job Board Plugin to that release or later removes the exposure. There is no confirmed exploitation so far. EPSS estimates a 4.64% chance of exploitation within 30 days, which is in the top 8.14% of all scored CVEs.

Next patch cycle

High severity with no evidence of exploitation so far.

What to do

  1. Update Ninja Job Board – Ultimate WordPress Job Board Plugin to 1.3.3 or a later version.
  2. Update Ninja Job Board to 1.3.3 or a later version.
  3. Until you can update, restrict network access to the affected service so it is not reachable from untrusted networks.

Affected products and versions

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed in
Ninja Job Board – Ultimate WordPress Job Board PluginNinja Job Board – Ultimate WordPress Job Board Plugin1.3.3 up to, but not including, 1.3.31.3.3
WpmanageninjaNinja Job Boardbefore 1.3.31.3.3

Version data comes from the organisation that assigned the CVE. Confirm against the vendor advisory before deciding you are unaffected.

How the severity score breaks down

Attack vector
NetworkCan be exploited remotely over a network, including the internet.
Attack complexity
LowNo special conditions are needed; the attack works reliably.
Privileges required
NoneNo account or login is needed.
User interaction
NoneNo action by a victim is required.
Scope
UnchangedImpact stays within the vulnerable component.
Confidentiality
HighAll data handled by the component can be read.
Integrity
NoneNothing can be modified.
Availability
NoneAvailability is not affected.

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N. Scored by NVD.

Official description

The Ninja Job Board WordPress plugin before 1.3.3 does not protect the directory where it stores uploaded resumes, making it vulnerable to unauthenticated Directory Listing which allows the download of uploaded resumes.

Source: the CVE record as published by its numbering authority, via NVD and CVE.org.

The underlying weakness: Direct Request

The web application does not adequately enforce appropriate authorization on all restricted URLs, scripts, or files.

How developers prevent this class of flaw

  • Apply appropriate access control authorizations for each access to all restricted URLs, scripts or files.
  • Consider using MVC based frameworks such as Struts.

More Direct Request vulnerabilities (CWE-425)

Timeline

  1. CVE record published.
  2. Record last changed materially (score, affected products, status or references).

References

Technical write-ups (may include proof of concept)

Recent Direct Request vulnerabilities

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