What is CVE-2024-13873?

CVE-2024-13873 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpjobportal Wp Job Portal, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-02-22.

How severe is CVE-2024-13873?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-13873 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Auth bypass in Wpjobportal Wp Job Portal

CVE-2024-13873

The WP Job Portal – A Complete Recruitment System for Company or Job Board website plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.8 via the deleteUserPhoto() function due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to remove profile photos from users accounts. Please note that this does not officially delete the file.

Vulnerability class: IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference)

EPSS: 0.003 (23.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-639 — Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-13873?: CVE-2024-13873 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpjobportal Wp Job Portal, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-02-22.
How severe is CVE-2024-13873?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-13873 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.