CVE-2023-5906 — The Job Manager & Career WordPress plugin before 1

The Job Manager & Career WordPress plugin before 1.4.4 contains a vulnerability in the Directory Listings system, which allows an unauthorized user to view and download private files of other users. This vulnerability poses a serious security threat because it allows an attac

01What is this vulnerability?

The Job Manager & Career WordPress plugin before 1.4.4 contains a vulnerability in the Directory Listings system, which allows an unauthorized user to view and download private files of other users. This vulnerability poses a serious security threat because it allows an attacker to gain access to confidential data and files of other users without their permission.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	Job Manager & Career	0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-11-27T16:21:59.373Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-02T08:14:24.813Z

09References

• wpscan.com — https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/911d495c-3867-4259-a73a-572cd4fccdde