CVE-2023-51545 | WordPress Job Manager & Career Plugin <= 1.4.4 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) leading to PHP Object Injection

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF), Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in ThemeHigh Job Manager & Career – Manage job board listings, and recruitments.This issue affects Job Manager & Career – Manage job board listings, and recruitments: from n/a through 1.4.4.

Published: 2023-12-29 Last update: 2026-04-28 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2023-51545 is rated Moderate Risk (53.1/100): CVSS Critical severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.19%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-51545

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-11-21 0.10% 0.19% +0.09%
2 2025-11-18 0.19% 0.10% -0.09%
3 2025-05-19 — 0.19% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-51545

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.6 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 6.0 [email protected]
8.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 5.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-51545

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2023-51545

GHSA-5gfw-4p9h-vh8j · Severity: critical — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF), Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in ThemeHigh...

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-51545

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
themehigh job_manager_\&_career <= 1.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:themehigh:job_manager_\&_career:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2023-51545

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