CVE-2023-31087
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in the JoomSky JS Job Manager WordPress plugin versions 2.0.0 and below. The vulnerability was initially reported on April 21, 2023, by security researcher Yuki Haruma and was assigned CVE-2023-31087. The issue was publicly disclosed on June 2, 2023, and has been fixed in version 2.0.1 (Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from the plugin's lack of CSRF checks in several functions. It has been assigned a CVSS score of 5.4 (Low severity) and is classified under CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery). The vulnerability requires no authentication to exploit and falls under the OWASP Top 10 category A2: Broken Authentication (WPScan, Patchstack).

Impact

The vulnerability could allow malicious actors to force higher privileged users to execute unwanted actions under their current authentication. While the severity is rated as low, it could potentially lead to unauthorized actions being performed on behalf of authenticated users (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been patched in version 2.0.1 of the JS Job Manager plugin. Users are advised to update to version 2.0.1 or later to remove the vulnerability. The security issue has been deemed to have a low severity impact and is unlikely to be exploited (Patchstack).

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