# CVE-2024-0593: Simple Job Board <= 2.10.8 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Information Disclosure

> Unauthenticated attackers can access private or password-protected job posts due to missing authorization checks in the Simple Job Board plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/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:** 21 Feb 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jhj9-jh88-9vjh

## What is CVE-2024-0593?

CVE-2024-0593 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in presstigers Simple Job Board, published on 21 Feb 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Simple Job Board plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data| due to insufficient authorization checking on the fetch_quick_job() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.10.8. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to fetch arbitrary posts, which can be password protected or private and contain sensitive information.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0593?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Presstigers Simple Job Board.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-0593?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0593 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-0593 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-0593 exists.

Public exploit code:

- WordPress Simple Job Board - Unauthorized Data Access (nuclei): http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-0593.yaml

## 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-2024-0593 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-0593 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in presstigers Simple Job Board, published on 21 Feb 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-0593 exists.

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-2024-0593/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0593/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0593
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0593
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-0593

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0593/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.