{"id":59465,"date":"2025-07-18T09:48:31","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T09:48:31","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-02T00:14:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T06:14:38","slug":"cve-2025-1313-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-nokri-job-board-wordpress-theme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-1313-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-nokri-job-board-wordpress-theme\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-1313: Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Nokri &#8211; Job Board WordPress Theme<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Nokri &#8211; Job Board WordPress Theme for WordPress is exposed to a serious security vulnerability that could allow threat actors to escalate their privileges via account takeover. This vulnerability, designated as CVE-2025-1313, affects all versions of the theme up to and including 1.6.3. It&#8217;s a significant concern for any individual or organization that uses the Nokri &#8211; Job Board WordPress Theme, as it opens up the potential for system compromise or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53495-unauthorized-access-data-leakage-in-wikimedia-foundation-mediawiki-abusefilter-extension\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"72525\">data leakage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-1313<br \/>\nSeverity: High (CVSS: 8.8)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low (Subscriber-level access and above)<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-27050-memory-corruption-vulnerability-leading-to-potential-system-compromise-and-data-leakage\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"74851\">Potential system compromise or data<\/a> leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-442640808\" 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>Nokri &#8211; Job Board <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8592-wordpress-inspiro-theme-vulnerability-to-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85382\">WordPress Theme<\/a> | Up to and including 1.6.3<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-40737-critical-file-path-validation-vulnerability-in-sinec-nms\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"67829\">vulnerability stems from the plugin&#8217;s failure to properly validate<\/a> a user&#8217;s identity prior to updating their details, such as the email address. An attacker with subscriber-level <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49672-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-windows-routing-and-remote-access-service\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"67828\">access could exploit this vulnerability<\/a> by changing the email addresses of arbitrary users, including administrators. Subsequently, the attacker can leverage this change to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43932-account-takeover-vulnerability-in-jobcenter-through-password-reset-feature\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"76133\">reset the user&#8217;s password<\/a>, thus gaining access to their account.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1233258548\" 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>Here is a hypothetical example of how this vulnerability could be exploited, using a HTTP request:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/wp-admin\/user-edit.php?user_id=1 HTTP\/1.1\nHost: vulnerable-website.com\nContent-Type: application\/x-www-form-urlencoded\nuser_email=attacker@example.com&amp;_wpnonce=xxxxxx&amp;updateuser=Update+User<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the attacker is sending a POST request to the user-edit page of an administrator account (user_id=1). The attacker changes the administrator&#8217;s email to their own (attacker@example.com) and submits the form.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation Guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Users are recommended to apply the vendor patch to mitigate this vulnerability. In the absence of such a patch, a web application firewall (WAF) or intrusion detection system (IDS) can provide temporary mitigation. However, these options should not be considered a long-term solution, as they do not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-58280-object-heap-address-exposure-vulnerability-in-ark-ets\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"87277\">address the underlying vulnerability<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The Nokri &#8211; Job Board WordPress Theme for WordPress is exposed to a serious security vulnerability that could allow threat actors to escalate their privileges via account takeover. This vulnerability, designated as CVE-2025-1313, affects all versions of the theme up to and including 1.6.3. 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