WordPress Ninja Job Board < 1.3.3 - Direct Request

highseverity

7.5CVSS score

4.6%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

92%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

WordPress Ninja Job Board plugin prior to 1.3.3 is susceptible to a direct request vulnerability. The plugin does not protect the directory where it stores uploaded resumes, making it vulnerable to unauthenticated directory listing which allows the download of uploaded resumes.

Impact

An attacker can access sensitive files and potentially obtain sensitive information from the target system.

Fix

Update to the latest version of the WordPress Ninja Job Board plugin (1.3.3) to fix the vulnerability.

How to confirm it

Send: GET {{BaseURL}}/wp/wp-content/uploads/wpjobboard/ ; GET {{BaseURL}}/wp-content/uploads/wpjobboard/
Positive when: contains "Index of /wp/wp-content/uploads/wpjobboard" or "Index of /wp-content/uploads/wpjobboard" AND contains in header "text/html" AND status 200

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2022-2544 -u <target>

The full check

id: CVE-2022-2544

info:
  name: WordPress Ninja Job Board < 1.3.3 - Direct Request
  author: tess
  severity: high
  description: WordPress Ninja Job Board plugin prior to 1.3.3 is susceptible to a direct request vulnerability. The plugin does not protect the directory where it stores uploaded resumes, making it vulnerable to unauthenticated directory listing which allows the download of uploaded resumes.
  impact: |
    An attacker can access sensitive files and potentially obtain sensitive information from the target system.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version of the WordPress Ninja Job Board plugin (1.3.3) to fix the vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2758420/ninja-job-board/trunk/includes/Classes/File/FileHandler.php?old=2126467&old_path=ninja-job-board%2Ftrunk%2Fincludes%2FClasses%2FFile%2FFileHandler.php
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a9bcc68c-eeda-4647-8463-e7e136733053
    - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-2544
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2544
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 7.5
    cve-id: CVE-2022-2544
    cwe-id: CWE-425
    epss-score: 0.04636
    epss-percentile: 0.91791
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:wpmanageninja:ninja_job_board:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: wpmanageninja
    product: ninja_job_board
    framework: wordpress
  tags: cve2022,cve,ninja,exposure,wpscan,wordpress,wp-plugin,wp,wpmanageninja,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/wp/wp-content/uploads/wpjobboard/"
      - "{{BaseURL}}/wp-content/uploads/wpjobboard/"

    stop-at-first-match: true

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "Index of /wp/wp-content/uploads/wpjobboard"
          - "Index of /wp-content/uploads/wpjobboard"

      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - "text/html"

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

References

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