CVE-2024-13371 WP Job Portal <= 2.2.6 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Email Sending
Unauthenticated attackers can send arbitrary emails via the WP Job Portal plugin due to missing capability checks, potentially enabling spam or phishing.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-13371?
CVE-2024-13371 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in wpjobportal WP Job Portal – AI-Powered Recruitment System for Company or Job Board website, published on 1 Feb 2025. 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 arbitrary emails sending due to a missing capability check on the sendEmailToJobSeeker() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to send arbitrary emails with arbitrary content from the sites mail server.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13371?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wpjobportal Wp Job Portal.
How do I fix CVE-2024-13371?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13371 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2024-13371 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13371 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 Missing authorization in WP Job Portal – AI-Powered Recruitment System for Company or Job Board website
- CVE-2023-4490 WP Job Portal < 2.0.6 - Unauthenticated SQLi
- CVE-2025-48274 WordPress WP Job Portal plugin <= 2.3.2 - SQL Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2025-47438 WordPress WP Job Portal plugin <= 2.3.1 - Local File Inclusion vulnerability
- CVE-2025-48273 WordPress WP Job Portal plugin <= 2.3.2 - Arbitrary File Download Vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2r48-3552-hh7m.