CVE-2025-1315
📋 TL;DR
The InWave Jobs WordPress plugin has a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to reset passwords of any user, including administrators. This affects all versions up to 3.5.1, enabling attackers to take over accounts and gain administrative access to WordPress sites.
💻 Affected Systems
- InWave Jobs WordPress Plugin
📦 What is this software?
Injob by Sfwebservice
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete site takeover with administrative privileges, data theft, malware installation, and defacement.
Likely Case
Administrative account compromise leading to unauthorized content changes, plugin/theme installation, or data exfiltration.
If Mitigated
Limited impact if strong network controls prevent external access or if multi-factor authentication is enforced.
🎯 Exploit Status
The vulnerability is straightforward to exploit as it requires no authentication and has a simple attack vector.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Version after 3.5.1
Vendor Advisory: https://themeforest.net/item/injob-job-board-wordpress-theme/20322987
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins. 3. Update InWave Jobs plugin to latest version. 4. Verify update completed successfully.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable Plugin
allTemporarily deactivate the InWave Jobs plugin until patched.
wp plugin deactivate inwave-jobs
Restrict Access
linuxBlock access to WordPress admin and plugin-specific endpoints via firewall.
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -m string --string "/wp-admin/" --algo bm -j DROP
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement web application firewall (WAF) rules to block password reset attempts targeting the plugin.
- Enable multi-factor authentication for all administrative accounts to prevent unauthorized access even if passwords are reset.
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel > Plugins > InWave Jobs version. If version is 3.5.1 or lower, system is vulnerable.Check Version:
wp plugin get inwave-jobs --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Confirm plugin version is higher than 3.5.1 and test password reset functionality with proper authentication.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual password reset requests, especially for admin accounts
- Multiple failed login attempts followed by successful login from new IP
Network Indicators:
- HTTP POST requests to password reset endpoints without proper authentication headers
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND ("password reset" OR "lostpassword") AND status=200 AND user="admin"