EasyJobs <= 2.8.2 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Usage-Tracking Opt-In Change
- ID
- WPSEC-2026-1007
- Plugin
- easy.jobs – AI powered Job Listing, Job Board, Career Page, Recruitment & Hiring Solution (easyjobs)
- Affected
- all versions before 2.8.3
- Remediation
- Update to 2.8.3 or later.
- CVSS 3.1
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- Weakness
- CWE-862
- Usage
- Plugin Low · Affected versions Low among sites WPSec scans, 2026-10-15
- Attack surface
- EasyJobs on WPSec AttackSurface
- Fix released
- Published
Description
The easy.jobs plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data via the usage-tracking opt-in handler in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.2, due to a missing capability check, nonce check and plugin-name check in the WPInsights_Easyjobs::clicked() function. The function runs on admin_init, which fires for unauthenticated requests to admin-ajax.php and admin-post.php, and acts on the 'plugin' and 'plugin_action' GET parameters. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to turn the site's usage-tracking opt-in on or off, including for arbitrary plugin keys in the shared 'wpins_allow_tracking' option. Turning it on schedules diagnostic data about the site, such as the site URL, WordPress and PHP versions, and installed plugins and themes, to be sent to the vendor without the owner's consent.
References
- https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-1007/
- https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/easyjobs/tags/2.8.3/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/easyjobs/
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