WP Job Portal Plugin up to 2.5.4 on WordPress Email Retrieval authorization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in WP Job Portal Plugin up to 2.5.4. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Email Retrieval. This manipulation causes authorization. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-12397. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in WP Job Portal Plugin up to 2.5.4. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Email Retrieval. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-639. The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The WP Job Portal WordPress plugin before 2.5.5 does not verify ownership when returning an employer's contact email for a given job, allowing authenticated users with a subscriber-level (self-registerable) account to read other employers' private account email addresses by enumerating job identifiers.

The advisory is shared at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-12397 since 06/16/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

Upgrading to version 2.5.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.4

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authorization
CWE: CWE-639 / CWE-285 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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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-2026-12397 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-12397
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-377917

Entryinfo

Created: 07/13/2026 08:57
Updated: 07/13/2026 09:15
Changes: 07/13/2026 08:57 (55), 07/13/2026 09:15 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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