CVE-2023-4490

CRITICAL EXPLOITED NUCLEI

WP Job Portal < 2.0.6 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection

Title source: llm

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2023-4490 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by VulnCheck KEV). EIP tracks 1 public exploit from researchers including certuscyber. A Nuclei detection template is also available.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The repository contains functional exploit code for multiple WordPress plugin vulnerabilities, including SQL injection (CVE-2014-5182, CVE-2014-5185) and insecure deserialization (CVE-2020-29045). The PoCs include authentication, payload delivery, and data exfiltration logic.

Description

The WP Job Portal WordPress plugin before 2.0.6 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement, leading to a SQL injection exploitable by unauthenticated users

Exploits (1)

github WORKING POC 3 stars

by certuscyber · pythonpoc

https://github.com/certuscyber/cve-pocs/tree/main/CVE-2023-4490

View Code ZIP pw:eip

The repository contains functional exploit code for multiple WordPress plugin vulnerabilities, including SQL injection (CVE-2014-5182, CVE-2014-5185) and insecure deserialization (CVE-2020-29045). The PoCs include authentication, payload delivery, and data exfiltration logic.

Classification

Working Poc 95%

Attack Type

Sqli

Complexity

Moderate

Reliability

Reliable

Target: WordPress YAWPP plugin <= 1.2, WordPress Quartz plugin <= 1.01.1

Auth required

Prerequisites: WordPress admin/contributor credentials · Vulnerable plugin installed

MITRE ATT&CK

T1190 - Exploit Public-Facing Application T1059 - Command and Scripting Interpreter

devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 27, 2026 Full analysis →

Nuclei Templates (1)

WordPress Job Portal < 2.0.6 - SQL Injection

HIGHVERIFIEDby paresh_parmar1,Configtea

FOFA: body="/wp-content/plugins/wp-job-portal"

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit vdb-entry technical-description

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/986024f0-3c8d-44d8-a9c9-1dd284d7db0d

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8

EPSS 0.0312

EPSS Percentile 86.1%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Details

VulnCheck KEV 2025-06-03

Status published

Products (1)

wpjobportal/wp_job_portal < 2.0.6

Published Sep 25, 2023

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026