Privilege escalation in Apusthemes Superio

CVE-2024-12213

The WP Job Board Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to 2.3.16. This is due to the plugin allowing a user to supply the 'role' field when registering. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register as an administrator on vulnerable sites. Please note that this may have been patched sooner, however, the oldest available version for us to confirm this is patched in was 1.2.85.

EPSS: 0.006 (47.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-12213?
CVE-2024-12213 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Apusthemes Superio, classified under Incorrect Privilege Assignment. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-02-12.
How severe is CVE-2024-12213?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-12213 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.