# CVE-2024-13698: Missing authorization in Jobify - Job Board WordPress Theme

> Unauthenticated attackers can perform SSRF, upload arbitrary images, and generate AI images due to missing capability checks in the Jobify WordPress theme.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/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:** 24 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6p72-9rwx-x4v5

## What is CVE-2024-13698?

CVE-2024-13698 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Astoundify Jobify - Job Board WordPress Theme, published on 24 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Jobify - Job Board WordPress Theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access and modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'download_image_via_ai' and 'generate_image_via_ai' functions in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.7. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application to upload files in an image format, and to generate AI images using the site's OpenAI key.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13698?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Astoundify Jobify.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-13698?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13698 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-13698 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13698 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Astoundify Jobify - Job Board WordPress Theme

- [CVE-2024-52481](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-52481/): WordPress Jobify theme < 4.3.0 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read vulnerability (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2024-52478](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-52478/): WordPress Jobify theme < 4.3.0 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-52480](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-52480/): WordPress Jobify plugin < 4.3.0 - Broken Access Control vulnerability (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2024-52479](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-52479/): WordPress Jobify plugin < 4.3.0 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-13698 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-13698 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Astoundify Jobify - Job Board WordPress Theme, published on 24 Jan 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-2024-13698 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Astoundify Jobify - Job Board WordPress Theme. 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-2024-13698/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13698/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-13698
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13698
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-13698

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13698/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.