Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.
Summary
CVE-2024-11285 is a critical-severity Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (CWE-639) vulnerability in Chimpgroup Jobcareer. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Junk Data (T1001.001); ranked at the 36th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-24 (Access Control Decisions) and AC-3 (Access Enforcement) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
CVE-2024-11285 is a critical privilege escalation vulnerability affecting the WP JobHunt plugin for WordPress in all versions up to and including 7.1. The flaw stems from the plugin's account_settings_callback() function failing to properly validate a user's identity before allowing updates to account details, such as email addresses. This authorization bypass, mapped to CWE-639, enables unauthorized modifications without authentication, earning a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely over the network with low complexity and no user interaction required. By targeting the account settings endpoint, they can arbitrarily change any user's email address, including those of administrators, then leverage the altered email to initiate a password reset process. Successful exploitation results in full account takeover, granting attackers high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts, such as unauthorized access to privileged accounts and potential further compromise of the WordPress site.
Advisories from sources like Wordfence provide detailed threat intelligence on the vulnerability, while the plugin's listing on ThemeForest offers context on the affected JobCareer theme integration. Practitioners should consult these references for patch availability, as the description indicates no built-in mitigations in vulnerable versions, and updating to a fixed release beyond 7.1 is implied as the primary remediation.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-54068
Vulnerability Data
The WP JobHunt plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 7.1. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their details like…
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email via the account_settings_callback() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change arbitrary user's email addresses, including administrators, and leverage that to reset the user's password and gain access to their account.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Enforcing approved authorizations on every access request structurally stops a user-controlled key from reaching another user's data.
Requiring explicit access-control decisions on each request blocks unauthorized key-driven access.
Least-privilege restrictions limit the scope of data reachable even if a key check is bypassed.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Enforcing authorization policy and least privilege directly blocks user-controlled key tampering that bypasses access checks.
Logical access controls prevent unauthorized data access that results from missing authorization checks on object references.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
A.5.15 directly requires defining and implementing access control rules (including authorization, need-to-know, role-based restrictions, formal requests, and consistency with classification) that stop one user from reaching another's data via a tampered key; the bounded remainder is dynamic or application-specific authorization logic (cross-referenced to 8.26) that may still allow bypass if those downstream rules are flawed.
Managing access rights includes ensuring users can only access their own records and not bypass authorization by altering identifiers.