# CVE-2023-47188: WordPress Simple Job Board plugin <= 2.10.5 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

> Attackers can bypass access controls in the Simple Job Board plugin to perform unauthorized actions.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 29 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qxpg-92h3-8vjc

## What is CVE-2023-47188?

CVE-2023-47188 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in PressTigers Simple Job Board, published on 2 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in PressTigers Simple Job Board simple-job-board allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Simple Job Board: from n/a through <= 2.10.5.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-47188?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Presstigers Simple Job Board.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-47188?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-47188 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-47188 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-47188 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in PressTigers Simple Job Board

- [CVE-2024-1813](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1813/): Simple Job Board <= 2.11.0 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection via Job Application Fields (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-7351](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7351/): Simple Job Board <= 2.12.3 - Authenticated (Editor+) PHP Object Injection (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2024-7761](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7761/): Simple Job Board < 2.12.2 - Admin+ Stored XSS (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2017-18498](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-18498/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2021-39328](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-39328/): Simple Job Board <= 2.9.4 Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 5.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-47188 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-47188 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in PressTigers Simple Job Board, published on 2 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-47188 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: PressTigers Simple Job Board. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-47188/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-47188/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-47188
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-47188
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-47188

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-47188/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.