# CVE-2024-13428: WP Job Portal <= 2.2.6 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Unauthenticated Company Logo Deletion

> Unauthenticated attackers can delete arbitrary company logos in WP Job Portal due to missing authorization checks on the delete function.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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:** 1 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v25m-c572-99mc

## What is CVE-2024-13428?

CVE-2024-13428 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 Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.6 via the deleteCompanyLogo() due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary company logos.

Weakness: CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13428?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wpjobportal Wp Job Portal.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-13428?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13428 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-13428 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13428 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-2024-13428 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-13428 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13428 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-2024-13428/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13428/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-13428
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13428
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-13428

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13428/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.