CVE-2024-37928 HIGH

CVE-2024-37928: WordPress Jobmonster theme <= 4.7.0 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Deletion vulnerability

Vendor Nootheme

Product Jobmonster

Weakness CWE-22 · Path traversal

Published July 12, 2024

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

8.6/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction None

Confidentiality None

Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in NooTheme Jobmonster allows File Manipulation.This issue affects Jobmonster: from n/a through 4.7.0.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Jobmonster versions up to 4.7.0 contain a path traversal vulnerability that allows an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service by making the site unresponsive or unavailable. The vulnerability requires no user interaction and can be exploited remotely over the network. Site administrators should update to a version newer than 4.7.0 as soon as possible.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Make the site unavailable or unresponsive by exploiting a path traversal flaw.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Your site may become unavailable or unresponsive without warning or user action.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Network access only; no authentication or user interaction required.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

July 12, 2024 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37928 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/22.html AskarLabs — CWE-22 write-up Path Traversal

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