Civi - Job Board & Freelance Marketplace WordPress Theme <= 2.1.4 - Authentication Bypass via Password Update

9.8
Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
CVE CVE-2024-13771
CVSS 9.8 (Critical)
Publicly Published March 13, 2025
Last Updated May 21, 2025
Researcher Lucio Sá

Description

The Civi - Job Board & Freelance Marketplace WordPress Theme plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.4. This is due to a lack of user validation before changing a password. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change the password of arbitrary users, including administrators, if the attacker knows the username of the victim.

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Vulnerability Details for Civi - Job Board & Freelance Marketplace WordPress Theme

Software Type Theme
Software Slug civi
Patched? No
Remediation No known patch available. Please review the vulnerability's details in depth and employ mitigations based on your organization's risk tolerance. It may be best to uninstall the affected software and find a replacement.
Affected Version
  • <= 2.1.4

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