# CVE-2015-6668: The Job Manager plugin before 0.7.25 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary CV files via a brute force attack to the WordPress upload dir

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 5 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2017-10-19 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The Job Manager plugin before 0.7.25 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary CV files via a brute force attack to the WordPress upload directory structure, related to an insecure direct object reference.

## What to do

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## References

- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8167
- https://vagmour.eu/cve-2015-6668-cv-filename-disclosure-on-job-manager-wordpress-plugin/
- https://github.com/G01d3nW01f/CVE-2015-6668
- https://github.com/NoTrustedx/Job-Manager-Disclosure
- https://github.com/h3x0v3rl0rd/CVE-2015-6668
- https://github.com/jimdiroffii/CVE-2015-6668
- https://github.com/nika0x38/CVE-2015-6668

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