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CVE-2026-2720
MEDIUM6.5
Description
The Hr Press Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of sensitive employee data due to a missing capability check on the `hrp-fetch-employees` AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to retrieve sensitive employee information including names, email addresses, phone numbers, salary/pay rates, employment dates, and employment status.
CVE Details
CVSS v3.1 Score6.5
SeverityMEDIUM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack VectorNETWORK
ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredLOW
User InteractionNONE
Published3/21/2026
Last Modified3/23/2026
Sourcenvd
Honeypot Sightings0
Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-862
References
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hr-press-lite/tags/1.0.2/admin/admin.php#L36(security@wordfence.com)
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hr-press-lite/tags/1.0.2/includes/HRP_Action.php#L1444(security@wordfence.com)
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hr-press-lite/trunk/admin/admin.php#L36(security@wordfence.com)
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hr-press-lite/trunk/includes/HRP_Action.php#L1444(security@wordfence.com)
IOC Correlations
No correlations recorded
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