CVE-2024-55993
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedMissing Authorization vulnerability in PickPlugins Job Board Manager job-board-manager allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Job Board Manager: from n/a through <= 2.1.61.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThe PickPlugins Job Board Manager WordPress plugin up to version 2.1.61 contains a missing authorization vulnerability allowing attackers to exploit incorrectly configured access control security levels. This appears to be an unauthenticated access control bypass where certain sensitive functions or data are accessible without proper capability checks.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check if Job Board Manager plugin is installedLog into WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins, and look for 'Job Board Manager' by PickPlugins. Note the installed version number displayed there.Affected if Plugin is installed with version 2.1.61 or lower
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Verify plugin version from plugin filesAccess the plugin directory via FTP or file manager (wp-content/plugins/job-board-manager/), open the main PHP file (usually job-board-manager.php) and check the 'Version' header in the plugin comment block.Affected if Version displayed is 2.1.61 or any version below it
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Test for unauthenticated access to admin functionsUsing a tool like Burp Suite or curl, send a request to common admin AJAX endpoints (wp-admin/admin-ajax.php) or plugin-specific AJAX actions without providing authentication cookies or valid nonces. Check if sensitive functions respond without returning authorization errors.Affected if Requests to admin-level plugin functions return success or data without requiring login
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Inspect plugin PHP files for capability checksDownload and review the plugin's PHP files, searching for function calls like 'current_user_can', 'check_admin_referer', or 'check_ajax_referer' around sensitive operations. Look for missing or commented-out authorization checks.Affected if Sensitive functions lack capability verification or nonce validation checks
If the plugin is installed at version 2.1.61 or lower and admin functions are accessible without authentication, the environment is affected by this vulnerability.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement proper authorization checks (capability verification and nonce validation) on all sensitive functions and admin-level operations in the plugin. Restrict access to administrative functions to authenticated users with appropriate roles.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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