# CVE-2023-5906: Job Manager & Career < 1.4.4 - Directory listing to Sensitive Data Exposure

> An unauthorized attacker can view and download private files of other users via directory listing in the Job Manager & Career plugin.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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:** 27 Nov 2023
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p7pg-xwv6-5rhh

## What is CVE-2023-5906?

CVE-2023-5906 is a high-severity vulnerability in Unknown Job Manager & Career, published on 27 Nov 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Job Manager & Career WordPress plugin before 1.4.4 contains a vulnerability in the Directory Listings system, which allows an unauthorized user to view and download private files of other users. This vulnerability poses a serious security threat because it allows an attacker to gain access to confidential data and files of other users without their permission.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-5906?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Themehigh Job Manager \& Career.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-5906?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-5906 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-5906 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-5906 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Job Manager & Career

- [CVE-2023-51545](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-51545/): Deserialization in Job Manager & Career – Manage job board listings, and recruitments (critical 9.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-5906 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-5906 is a high-severity vulnerability in Unknown Job Manager & Career, published on 27 Nov 2023. 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-2023-5906 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown Job Manager & Career. 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-2023-5906/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5906/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5906
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5906
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-5906

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5906/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.