CVE-2025-14293 (GCVE-0-2025-14293)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-12-11 20:22
Modified
2025-12-11 21:18
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Summary
The WP Job Portal plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.0 via the 'downloadCustomUploadedFile' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
wpjobportal WP Job Portal – AI-Powered Recruitment System for Company or Job Board website Version: *   ≤ 2.4.0
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