# CVE-2024-11715: WP Job Portal <= 2.2.2 - Missing Authorization to Limited Privilege Escalation

> Unauthenticated attackers can elevate privileges to employer role due to missing capability checks in the WP Job Portal plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/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:** 14 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7f69-3jw6-qjqw

## What is CVE-2024-11715?

CVE-2024-11715 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in wpjobportal WP Job Portal – AI-Powered Recruitment System for Company or Job Board website, published on 14 Dec 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The WP Job Portal – A Complete Recruitment System for Company or Job Board website plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the assignUserRole() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to elevate their privileges to that of an employer.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-11715?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wpjobportal Wp Job Portal.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-11715?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-11715 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-11715 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-11715 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in wpjobportal WP Job Portal – AI-Powered Recruitment System for Company or Job Board website

- [CVE-2024-7950](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7950/): Missing authorization in WP Job Portal – AI-Powered Recruitment System for Company or Job Board website (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-4490](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4490/): WP Job Portal < 2.0.6 - Unauthenticated SQLi (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-48274](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-48274/): WordPress WP Job Portal plugin <= 2.3.2 - SQL Injection Vulnerability (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2025-47438](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-47438/): WordPress WP Job Portal plugin <= 2.3.1 - Local File Inclusion vulnerability (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2025-48273](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-48273/): WordPress WP Job Portal plugin <= 2.3.2 - Arbitrary File Download Vulnerability (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-11715 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-11715 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in wpjobportal WP Job Portal – AI-Powered Recruitment System for Company or Job Board website, published on 14 Dec 2024. 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-2024-11715 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: wpjobportal WP Job Portal – AI-Powered Recruitment System for Company or Job Board website. 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-2024-11715/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11715/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-11715
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11715
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-11715

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11715/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.