CVE-2023-4490 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The WP Job Portal WordPress plugin before 2.0.6 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement, leading to a SQL injection exploitable by unauthenticated users

Published: 2023-09-25

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 3.6% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

WP Job Portal

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 2.0.6

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wpjobportal:wp_job_portal:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03566.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/986024f0-3c8d-44d8-a9c9-1dd284d7db0d

History

Tue, 10 Nov 2026 21:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Wpjobportal Wp Job Portal

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-09-25T15:56:52.472Z

Updated: 2025-04-23T16:16:01.115Z

Reserved: 2023-08-23T09:07:45.893Z

Link: CVE-2023-4490

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:31:06.226Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-09-25T16:15:15.137

Modified: 2026-06-17T06:37:56.623

Link: CVE-2023-4490

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

No weakness.

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