CVE-2023-6843: easy.jobs- Best Recruitment Plugin for Job Board Listing, Manager, Career Page for Elementor & Gutenberg · Improper Access Control
Affects easy.jobs- Best Recruitment Plugin for Job Board Listing, Manager, Career Page for Elementor & GutenbergSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 4.3 Medium · fixed in 2.4.7 : update easy.jobs- Best Recruitment Plugin for Job Board Listing, Manager, Career Page for Elementor & Gutenberg when convenient.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 13:47 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 34% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
- Patch
- Available – fixed in 2.4.7
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 15 Jan 2024
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown easy.jobs- Best Recruitment Plugin for Job Board Listing, Manager, Career Page for Elementor & Gutenberg | Affected
| Fixed in– |
AI-suggested
- Immediate upgrade to version 2.4.7 or later of the easy.jobs plugin once available, as this version addresses the improper access control issue.
- Restrict plugin access by limiting user roles that can log in to the WordPress site, minimizing the number of accounts with any login privileges.
- Implement strict role-based access control (RBAC) policies within WordPress to ensure only trusted users have permissions to interact with recruitment plugins.
- Monitor and audit changes to plugin settings regularly to detect unauthorized modifications promptly.
- Use Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) with custom rules to detect and block suspicious AJAX requests targeting the plugin’s endpoints.
- Consider isolating the recruitment site or page on a separate subdomain or environment with additional security controls to limit lateral movement.
- Educate administrators and HR staff about the importance of strong passwords and multi-factor authentication to reduce risk of credential compromise.
- Review and harden WordPress security posture overall, including timely updates of core, themes, and plugins to reduce attack surface.
Description
The easy.jobs- Best Recruitment Plugin for Job Board Listing, Manager, Career Page for Elementor & Gutenberg WordPress plugin before 2.4.7 does not properly secure some of its AJAX actions, allowing any logged-in users to modify its settings.