CVE-2026-24379
Published: 22 January 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-24379 is a medium-severity Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (CWE-639) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 17.0th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Threat & Defense at a Glance
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Likely Mitigating ControlsAI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
IDOR/authz bypass in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables remote exploitation of a web application (T1190); availability-only impact suggests possible DoS but no other techniques are directly supported by the description.
NVD Description
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability in wpjobportal WP Job Portal wp-job-portal allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects WP Job Portal: from n/a through <= 2.4.3.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2026-24379 is an Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability (CWE-639) in the WP Job Portal WordPress plugin (wp-job-portal). It enables exploitation of incorrectly configured access control security levels and affects all versions from n/a through 2.4.3.
The vulnerability can be exploited remotely (AV:N) by low-privileged authenticated users (PR:L) with low attack complexity (AC:L) and no user interaction (UI:N). Successful exploitation results in high availability impact (A:H) with no effects on confidentiality or integrity, as reflected in its CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.5 (S:U).
Patchstack has documented this issue, describing it as an insecure direct object reference (IDOR) vulnerability in WP Job Portal version 2.4.3. Security practitioners should consult the advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wp-job-portal/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-job-portal-plugin-2-4-3-insecure-direct-object-references-idor-vulnerability?_s_id=cve for mitigation guidance and patch information.
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