# CVE-2024-11925: WP JobSearch <= 2.6.7 - Authentication Bypass to Account Takeover and Privilege Escalation

> Unauthenticated attackers can bypass email verification to log in as any user, including administrators, leading to full site compromise.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 28 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3xgg-6rww-2j3w

## What is CVE-2024-11925?

CVE-2024-11925 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in eyecix JobSearch WP Job Board, published on 28 Nov 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The JobSearch WP Job Board plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.7. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying a users identity when verifying an email address through the user_account_activation function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any user, including site administrators if the users email is known.

Weakness: CWE-288 (Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-11925?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-11925?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-11925 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-11925 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-11925 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-11925 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-11925 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in eyecix JobSearch WP Job Board, published on 28 Nov 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-2024-11925 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: eyecix JobSearch WP 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-2024-11925/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11925/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-11925
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11925
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-11925

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11925/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.