CVE-2024-11286

Critical

Published: 14 March 2025

Published

14 March 2025

Modified

08 July 2025

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score 0.0005 15.9th percentile

Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-11286 is a critical-severity Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel (CWE-288) vulnerability in Chimpgroup Jobcareer. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 15.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and IA-2 (Identification and Authentication (Organizational Users)).

Threat & Defense at a Glance

What attackers do: exploitation maps to Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) and 1 other technique. What defenders deploy: see the NIST 800-53 controls recommended below.

Threat & Defense Details

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI

IA-2 Identification and Authentication (Organizational Users) good match

prevent

Requires unique identification and authentication of users before granting access, directly preventing the plugin's failure to verify identity in cs_parse_request().

AC-3 Access Enforcement good match

prevent

Enforces approved authorizations for access only after valid authentication, countering the bypass that allows unauthenticated login as any user.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match

prevent

Mandates timely identification, reporting, and correction of flaws like CVE-2024-11286, enabling patching of the vulnerable plugin versions.

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access

Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.

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T1078.003 Local Accounts Stealth

Adversaries may obtain and abuse credentials of a local account as a means of gaining Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation, or Defense Evasion.

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Why these techniques?

The vulnerability is an authentication bypass in a public-facing WordPress plugin allowing remote unauthenticated login as any user (including administrators), directly enabling T1190 (Exploit Public-Facing Application) for initial access and T1078.003 (Valid Accounts: Local Accounts) by abusing application accounts without credentials.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

NVD Description

The WP JobHunt plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in all versions up to, and including, 7.1. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying a user's identity prior to authenticating them through the cs_parse_request() function. This…

makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to to log in to any user's account, including administrators.

Deeper analysisAI

CVE-2024-11286 is an authentication bypass vulnerability in the WP JobHunt plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions up to and including 7.1. The flaw stems from the plugin's cs_parse_request() function failing to properly verify a user's identity before granting authentication, enabling unauthorized access.

Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely over the network with low attack complexity and no privileges or user interaction required, earning it 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) and mapping to CWE-288 (Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel). Exploitation allows attackers to log in as any user, including administrators, granting full control over the affected WordPress site.

Mitigation details are available in related advisories, including the Wordfence threat intelligence report at https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/91754c4d-a0d0-4d35-a70a-446d2bdf6c73?source=cve and the plugin's ThemeForest page at https://themeforest.net/item/jobcareer-job-board-responsive-wordpress-theme/14221636.