CVE-2025-49382
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 · uneditedCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in DexignZone JobZilla - Job Board WordPress Theme jobzilla allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects JobZilla - Job Board WordPress Theme: from n/a through <= 2.0.
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 confidenceCSRF vulnerability in the JobZilla WordPress theme allows attackers to craft malicious requests that trick authenticated users (typically administrators) into unknowingly performing privileged actions, leading to privilege escalation. The lack of proper anti-CSRF tokens (nonces) in state-changing operations enables attackers to escalate privileges by adding new admin accounts or modifying user roles.
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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
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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 JobZilla theme is installedNavigate to Appearance > Themes in WordPress admin dashboard and check if JobZilla theme is installed and activated. Alternatively, check the /wp-content/themes/ directory for the jobzilla theme folder.Affected if JobZilla theme is present and activated in the WordPress installation
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Verify the theme versionCheck the theme's style.css file in /wp-content/themes/jobzilla/ for the Version header, or look for a version constant in the theme's main PHP file.Affected if The installed version is any version of the JobZilla theme prior to any patched release that adds nonce validation
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Inspect admin action handlers for nonce verificationExamine the theme's PHP files (particularly in functions.php, admin/, or includes/ folders) for functions that handle user role changes, permission modifications, or administrative operations. Look for wp_verify_nonce or check_ajax_referer calls in these handlers.Affected if State-changing operations (especially those modifying user roles, permissions, or admin functions) lack wp_verify_nonce or check_ajax_referer validation
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Check AJAX actions for nonce protectionSearch theme PHP files for add_action('wp_ajax_...) calls and verify whether each AJAX handler includes nonce verification before processing the request.Affected if AJAX endpoints that affect user privileges or administrative functions do not verify nonce tokens before execution
If the JobZilla theme is installed and its administrative or user role management functions lack proper nonce token validation, the environment is affected by this CSRF 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 WordPress nonces for all state-changing operations and enforce SameSite cookie attributes. Consider updating to a patched version if available and audit user role capabilities.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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