{"id":26075,"date":"2025-04-18T03:05:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T03:05:37","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-04-29T18:18:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T18:18:47","slug":"cve-2025-32144-serious-deserialization-vulnerability-in-pickplugins-job-board-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-32144-serious-deserialization-vulnerability-in-pickplugins-job-board-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-32144: Serious Deserialization Vulnerability in PickPlugins Job Board Manager<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE-2025-32144 represents a critical vulnerability discovered in the Job Board Manager plugin developed by PickPlugins. This vulnerability, classified as a deserialization of untrusted data, poses significant risks to both the integrity and confidentiality of systems that have the affected plugin installed. As the Job Board Manager is a popular choice among businesses for managing job postings and candidate applications, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-43514-memory-corruption-vulnerability-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"31576\">potential repercussions of this vulnerability<\/a> are vast, affecting a wide range of industries and sectors.<br \/>\nThe primary concern with this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-41788-critical-code-execution-vulnerability-in-sentron-7kt-pac1260-data-manager\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"30691\">vulnerability is its potential for facilitating system compromise and data<\/a> leakage. Given the sensitive nature of the data typically handled by Job Board Manager, including personal and professional information of job candidates, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/fortinet-s-fortigate-vulnerability-ssl-vpn-symlink-exploit-puts-user-access-at-risk-post-patching\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"30039\">risks associated with this vulnerability<\/a> are heightened.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-32144<br \/>\nSeverity: High (8.8 CVSS Severity Score)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-33033-audio-playback-memory-corruption-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"31267\">Potential system<\/a> compromise and data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-87287718\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>PickPlugins <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-11917-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-in-jobsearch-wp-job-board-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"40863\">Job Board<\/a> Manager | n\/a through 2.1.60<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The exploit takes advantage of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-32569-critical-deserialization-of-untrusted-data-vulnerability-in-tableon-wordpress-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"32311\">deserialization vulnerability<\/a> in the Job Board Manager. Deserialization is the process of converting a stream of bytes back into a copy of the original object. If an attacker can serialize (convert the object into a byte stream) a malicious object and get the server to deserialize it, they can potentially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-55354-protection-mechanism-failure-in-lucee-leading-to-unauthorized-code-execution-and-data-access\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"31268\">execute arbitrary code<\/a>.<br \/>\nThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-3211-unauthenticated-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-wordpress-database-administrator-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"29988\">vulnerability arises when the plugin<\/a> deserializes user-supplied data without proper validation or sanitization. This allows an attacker to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-3439-php-object-injection-vulnerability-in-everest-forms-wordpress-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"32490\">inject malicious serialized objects<\/a> into the data stream, which, when deserialized, can lead to object injection attacks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1510911486\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>This conceptual example demonstrates how an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2021-27289-replay-attack-vulnerability-uncovered-in-zigbee-smart-home-kit\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"35551\">attacker might exploit this vulnerability<\/a> by sending a malicious payload to a vulnerable endpoint:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/jobboard\/submit_application HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/json\n{ &quot;applicant_resume&quot;: &quot;serialized_malicious_object_here&quot; }<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, `serialized_malicious_object_here` would be replaced with a serialized object that includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-32958-critical-adept-language-vulnerability-allowing-malicious-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"38263\">malicious code<\/a>. When the server deserializes this object, the malicious code is executed, allowing the attacker to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-33113-memory-corruption-vulnerability-leading-to-system-compromise-or-data-leakage\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"31360\">compromise the system or exfiltrate sensitive data<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview CVE-2025-32144 represents a critical vulnerability discovered in the Job Board Manager plugin developed by PickPlugins. This vulnerability, classified as a deserialization of untrusted data, poses significant risks to both the integrity and confidentiality of systems that have the affected plugin installed. 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