CVE-2026-12396 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/13d574ea-84fe-421b-b1e4-23f94e2000d7/

History

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-285

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 23:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses	CWE-284

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-284

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 06:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		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.
Title		WP Job Portal < 2.5.5 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Job Approval, Featuring and Rejection
References		https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/13d574ea-84fe-421b-b1e4-23f94e2000d7/

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-07-13T06:00:02.757Z

Updated: 2026-07-13T15:11:37.263Z

Reserved: 2026-06-16T13:13:43.958Z

Link: CVE-2026-12396

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-13T15:11:33.208Z

NVD

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Redhat

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