What is CVE-2026-12396?

CVE-2026-12396 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wp Job Portal, classified under CWE-862 MISSING AUTHORIZATION. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2026-07-13.

How severe is CVE-2026-12396?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Wp Job Portal

CVE-2026-12396

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.

EPSS: 0.003 (20.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Unknown Wp Job Portal — versions 0

References

contact@wpscan.com (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-12396?: CVE-2026-12396 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wp Job Portal, classified under CWE-862 MISSING AUTHORIZATION. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2026-07-13.
How severe is CVE-2026-12396?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.