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CVE-2025-49978: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The CVE-2025-49978 is an Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability affecting the eyecix JobSearch WordPress plugin versions through 2.9.0. The vulnerability was discovered by Tran Nguyen Bao Khanh from VCI - VNPT Cyber Immunity on May 16, 2025, and was publicly disclosed on June 19, 2025 (Patchstack, Wiz).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as an Insecure Direct Object References (IDOR) issue with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.3 (Medium), with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L. The vulnerability is categorized under CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key) and requires Subscriber-level privileges to exploit (Patchstack).

Impact

The vulnerability could potentially allow a malicious actor to bypass authorization, authentication, access sensitive files/folders, or interact with the database. However, the security issue has been assessed as having a low severity impact and is considered unlikely to be exploited (Patchstack, Wiz).

Mitigation and workarounds

As of the latest reports, no official fix is available for this vulnerability. The affected versions include JobSearch plugin version 2.9.0 and below (Patchstack).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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