Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
Workreap WordPress theme versions before 2.2.2 exposed site actions to forged requests and weak object checks. If an attacker tricked a logged-in user, the attacker could cause changes or deletion of site objects. The public bundle does not provide CVSS or confirmed exploitation.
Executive priority
Prioritize if Workreap supports production marketplaces, hiring workflows, or customer-facing content. The issue can affect integrity and availability of site data, but requires a logged-in user interaction and has no cited active exploitation in the bundle.
Technical view
The issue combines missing CSRF protection on several AJAX actions with IDOR-style authorization failures. Vulnerable actions accepted POST requests without sufficiently validating request intent or whether the user could act on the referenced object. Impact depends on the victim’s logged-in role and site configuration.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to WordPress sites running the Workreap theme before version 2.2.2. Sites without Workreap, or already upgraded to 2.2.2 or later, are not indicated as affected by the provided sources.
Exploitation context
The sources describe a trick-the-user attack against a logged-in WordPress user. The bundle does not cite active exploitation, public exploit use, KEV listing, or unauthenticated standalone exploitation.
Researcher notes
Key uncertainty is impact breadth: the bundle says multiple AJAX actions and arbitrary objects, but does not enumerate every action or object type. Validate authorization boundaries in the theme and rely on advisory details rather than extrapolating affected components.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory WordPress sites for the Workreap theme and installed version.
- Update Workreap to version 2.2.2 or later where installed.
- Review Jetpack, WPScan, and theme vendor guidance for current remediation details.
- Limit privileged WordPress sessions until vulnerable installations are remediated.
- Back up affected sites before theme updates or cleanup actions.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether Workreap is installed on each WordPress site.
- Verify the active theme version is 2.2.2 or later.
- Review site logs for unexpected object changes or deletions.
- Check WordPress user roles for unnecessary privileged accounts.
- Confirm remediation against Jetpack and WPScan advisory details.
Public sources used
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
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Open ATT&CK lookupCWE-284: Authorization and privilege behavior lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookupCWE-862: Authorization and privilege behavior lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://jetpack.com/2021/07/07/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-workreap-theme/CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0c4b5ecc-54d0-45ec-9f92-b2ca3cadbe56CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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