CVE-2024-55993 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-55993: WordPress Job Board Manager plugin <= 2.1.61 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Vendor Pickplugins
Product Job Board Manager
Weakness CWE-862 · Missing authorization
Published December 16, 2024
Last update April 28, 2026

CVSS base score

5.3/10
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:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in PickPlugins Job Board Manager job-board-manager allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Job Board Manager: from n/a through <= 2.1.61.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Job Board Manager through version 2.1.61 lacks proper authorization checks, allowing unauthenticated attackers to trigger a denial-of-service condition. The vulnerability does not require user interaction or special network conditions. Site administrators should update to a version newer than 2.1.61 to restore availability.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Make the site unavailable or unresponsive without needing to log in.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Your site may become slow or unavailable due to resource exhaustion from unauthenticated requests.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Network access only; no authentication or user interaction required.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

December 16, 2024 CVE published
April 28, 2026 Record updated

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