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.

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…

EPSS: 0.006 (44.8th 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

Apusthemes Superio
Http://apusthemes.com/ Wp Job Board Pro — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-266 — Incorrect Privilege Assignment

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
security@wordfence.com (Product)

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.