CVE-2021-4361 - CVE House

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Status published High CVE-2021-4361

JobSearch WP Job Board <= 1.8.1 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Options Update

8.8 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

The JobSearch WP Job Board plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the jobsearch_job_integrations_settin_save AJAX action in versions up to, and including, 1.8.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers to update arbitrary options on the site.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

Jerome Bruandet

References

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Affected Vendor

eyecix

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Affected Software

JobSearch WP Job Board

Vulnerable Versions:

0

Timeline

Official Publish: June 7th, 2023

Last Modified: April 8th, 2026

Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

Privilege Escalation

T1078 Valid Accounts

T1213 Data from Information Repositories

T1565.002 Stored Data Manipulation