CVE-2025-31862
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 confidenceThis is a missing authorization vulnerability in the PickPlugins Job Board Manager WordPress plugin. The plugin fails to properly enforce access control checks, allowing users to perform actions beyond their intended privilege level due to incorrectly configured security levels.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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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Identify if Job Board Manager plugin is installedCheck the WordPress plugins directory for 'job-board-manager' folder, or query the wp_options table for 'active_plugins', or inspect the plugin files in wp-content/plugins/Affected if The plugin folder 'job-board-manager' exists in the WordPress installation
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Determine the installed plugin versionRead the main plugin file header (e.g., job-board-manager.php) to find the 'Version' field, or query the wp_plugins tableAffected if The installed version matches the vulnerable version range (if known) or cannot be determined to be patched
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Verify if job board public endpoints are accessibleCheck plugin settings for publicly accessible URLs (e.g., job submission, candidate listing pages), and test access to these endpoints without authenticationAffected if Public endpoints exist and are reachable without login, and the plugin handles sensitive operations through these endpoints
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Test authorization on plugin AJAX actionsExamine the plugin's AJAX handlers (look for wp_ajax_ and wp_ajax_nopriv_ hooks in the plugin code) and test whether lower-privileged users can trigger admin-level actionsAffected if AJAX actions lack proper current_user_can() capability checks or allow nopriv access to privileged operations
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Review user role configurationInspect the plugin's role/capability settings in WordPress admin under Job Board > Settings > Job Submission, or check the database for custom role definitions created by the pluginAffected if The plugin grants elevated capabilities (like 'manage_options' or 'delete_users') to low-privilege roles such as 'subscriber' or 'contributor'
You are affected if the Job Board Manager plugin is installed AND users with lower privileges (subscriber, contributor, or unauthenticated) can access or modify job board data or settings that should require administrator-level capabilities.
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 capability checks (e.g., current_user_can()) and role-based access control validation on all sensitive functions and endpoints within the plugin, ensuring users can only access features appropriate to their role.
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- Review / QA2.0 h
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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.
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