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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-5397

nootheme jobmonster Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel

Published Oct 31, 2025 · catalog updated Oct 31, 2025 · nootheme jobmonster Authentication Bypass

Patch now

CVE-2025-5397 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm nootheme jobmonster Authentication Bypass against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (nootheme jobmonster Authentication Bypass).
Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.80%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
stated jobmonster · vendor nootheme jobmonster

The Noo JobMonster theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 4.8.1. This is due to the check_login() function not properly verifying a user's identity prior to successfully authenticating them This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass standard authentication and access administrative user accounts. Please note social login needs to be enabled in order for a site to be impacted by this vulnerability.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • stated jobmonster<= 4.8.1
  • vendor nootheme jobmonsterversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2025-5397

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2025-5397 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm nootheme jobmonster Authentication Bypass against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with <= 4.8.1. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.80%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Oct 31, 2025 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    The Noo JobMonster theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 4.8.1. This is due to the check_login() function not properly verifying a user's identity prior to successfully authenticating them This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass standard authentication and access administrative user accounts. Please note social login

  2. Oct 31, 2025 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-5397

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-5397

    30-day exploitation probability 0.8%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2025-5397

    The Noo JobMonster theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 4.8.1. This is due to the check_login() function not properly verifying a user's identity prior to successfully authenticating them This makes it possible for unaut

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.