CVE-2018-19488

The WP-jobhunt plugin before version 2.4 for WordPress does not control AJAX requests sent to the cs_reset_pass() function through the admin-ajax.php file, which allows remote unauthenticated attackers to reset the password of a user's account.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/Antho59/wp-jobhunt-exploit
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9206	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:wp-jobhunt_project:wp-jobhunt:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2019-03-21 16:00

Updated : 2024-02-04 20:20

NVD link : CVE-2018-19488

Mitre link : CVE-2018-19488

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-19488

JSON object : View

Products Affected

wp-jobhunt_project

wp-jobhunt

CWE

CWE-640

Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password

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