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CVE-2024-13873: WP Job Portal <= 2.2.8 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Subscriber+) User Photo Disconnection

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-02-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-639

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, 2.2.8 via the deleteUserPhoto() function due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to remove profile photos from users accounts. Please note that this does not officially delete the file.

Affected products

• wpjobportal WP Job Portal – AI-Powered Recruitment System for Company or Job Board website: before 2.2.9 — fixed in 2.2.9

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: wpjobportal WP Job Portal – AI-Powered Recruitment System for Company or Job Board website 2.2.9. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3242653/wp-job-portal/tags/2.2.9/includes/classes/uploads.php?old=3238353&old_path=wp-job-portal%2Ftags%2F2.2.8%2Fincludes%2Fclasses%2Fuploads.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5fdba3c5-382e-4d2b-83d8-0e0cebf2e63c?source=cve

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