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CVE-2024-13698: Jobify WordPress Theme missing capability check in AI image functions

Source: NVD(opens in a new tab)
Identifier: CVE-2024-13698
Published: January 24, 2025
Record updated: October 9, 2026

Known exploitation: Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog at the last check.
EPSS: 0.3%

Summary

CVE-2024-13698 affects the Jobify - Job Board WordPress Theme in all versions up to and including 4.2.7. A missing capability check (CWE-862) on the 'download_image_via_ai' and 'generate_image_via_ai' functions lets unauthenticated attackers make web requests to arbitrary locations from the application, upload image-format files, and generate AI images using the site's OpenAI key.

Mitigation

The source does not state a fix yet. Check the original advisory for updates.

Details

Scores and exploitation

CVSS score: 6.5(medium)
EPSS: 0.3%Estimated probability that this CVE is exploited in the next 30 days, from the FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System. Read on November 4, 2026.

Weaknesses and techniques

Weakness (CWE): CWE-862
Attack pattern (CAPEC): CAPEC-122

Affected

Vendors: OpenAI

Classification

Attack type: Other
Attack sophistication: Trivial
AI component targeted: Plugin
Impact: Confidentiality,
Integrity
Labels: security

How this record was produced

Summaries, mitigations and labels on this page are generated automatically from the source. The linked source is authoritative. The source gives this advisory a description and no title, so the title above is a headline generated from the source text.

Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13698

First tracked: February 15, 2026 at 08:49 PM ET, from NVD/CVE Database

Classifier: claude-haiku-5-5, prompt v4

Classifier confidence: 80% (self-assessed)

Summary

Mitigation

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