WP Job Portal Plugin up to 2.5.4 on WordPress Job Moderation authorization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in WP Job Portal Plugin up to 2.5.4. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Job Moderation. The manipulation results in authorization. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2026-12396. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in WP Job Portal Plugin up to 2.5.4. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component Job Moderation. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-862. The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is shared for download at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-12396 since 06/16/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 2.5.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authorization
CWE: CWE-862 / CWE-863 / CWE-285
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Upgrade: WP Job Portal Plugin 2.5.5

Timelineinfo

06/16/2026 CVE reserved
07/13/2026 +27 days Advisory disclosed
07/13/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
07/13/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-12396 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-12396
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-377916

Entryinfo

Created: 07/13/2026 08:55
Updated: 07/13/2026 09:15
Changes: 07/13/2026 08:55 (55), 07/13/2026 09:15 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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