WordPress WP Job Manager plugin <= 2.4.0 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

published 2026-02-19 8 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2026-7960

cvss: 5.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 18%
public exploits: 0; none known

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Automattic WP Job Manager wp-job-manager allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects WP Job Manager: from n/a through <= 2.4.0.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Automattic WP Job Manager 2.4.1

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 8 mo ago (2026-02-24)

Exploit prediction

0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	5.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Automattic WP Job Manager

Classification

Weakness

CWE-862 Missing Authorization

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

patchstack.com /database/Wordpress/Plugin/wp-job-manager/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-job-manager-plugin-2-4-0-broken-access-co
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2026-25404
NVD CVE-2026-25404

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Summary