CVE-2023-51545 CRITICAL

CVE-2023-51545: WordPress Job Manager & Career Plugin <= 1.4.4 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) leading to PHP Object Injection

Vendor Themehigh
Product Job Manager & Career – Manage job board listings, and recruitments
Weakness CWE-352 · CSRF
Published December 29, 2023
Last update April 28, 2026

CVSS base score

9.6/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF), Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in ThemeHigh Job Manager & Career – Manage job board listings, and recruitments.This issue affects Job Manager & Career – Manage job board listings, and recruitments: from n/a through 1.4.4.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Job Manager & Career versions up to 1.4.4 contain a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability that allows attackers to perform unauthorized actions on behalf of site visitors. An attacker can craft a malicious link or page that, when visited by a logged-in user, executes unwanted operations such as creating, modifying, or deleting job listings. The vulnerability affects all users and can compromise job board integrity and data.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Perform unauthorized actions (create, modify, or delete job listings) on behalf of a logged-in site visitor.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Job listings can be created, modified, or deleted without authorization; site reputation and data integrity at risk.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

A site visitor must click a malicious link or visit an attacker-controlled page while logged into the site.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

December 29, 2023 CVE published
April 28, 2026 Record updated

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