Is CVE-2024-13873 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2024-13873 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2024-13873?

CVE-2024-13873 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-13873?

CVE-2024-13873 has an EPSS score of 0.30% (22th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2024-13873?

Upgrade wp job portal to 2.2.9 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-13873

MEDIUM

4.3

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The WP Job Portal – A Complete Recruitment System for Company or Job Board website plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.8 via the deleteUserPhoto() function due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to remove profile photos from users accounts. Please note that this does not officially delete the file.

CWE-639Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

How to fix

Remediation Available

wp job portalNVD

Affected:< 2.2.9Fixed in:2.2.9CVE-2024-13873derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.30%probability of exploitation in 30 days

22ndpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 22% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

plugins.trac.wordpress.org

Third-Party Advisory1

wordfence.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

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CVE-2023-6875	Critical	9.8	90%	-	-
CVE-2024-46982	High	7.5	61%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-45428	Critical	9.8	57%	-	-
CVE-2019-17382	Critical	9.1	54%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-13360	Critical	9.8	24%	-	-
CVE-2023-48783	Medium	5.4	22%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-03-11.