WP Job Portal < 2.5.5 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Job Approval, Featuring and Rejection
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The WP Job Portal WordPress plugin before 2.5.5 does not perform capability or ownership checks before allowing job moderation actions, allowing authenticated users with a subscriber-level (self-registerable) account to approve, feature, or reject arbitrary jobs, including those owned by other users.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | WP Job Portal | before 2.5.5 | 2.5.5 | Patch available | CNA |
- WP Job Portal VendorUnknown Affected before 2.5.5 Fixed in 2.5.5 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA WP Job Portal (Unknown) Fixed in 2.5.5
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
WP Job Portal 2.5.5
2 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-10644 WP Job Portal < 2.5.5 - Subscriber+ Employer Email Disclosure via IDORPriority MEDIUM 53
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-12396
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xxgv-vhqj-mqwq
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-12396 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-12396 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xxgv-vhqj-mqwq · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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