CVE-2026-12397 WP Job Portal < 2.5.5 - Subscriber+ Employer Email Disclosure via IDOR
Authenticated subscribers can read private employer email addresses by enumerating job IDs due to missing ownership verification in WP Job Portal.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-12397?
CVE-2026-12397 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Unknown WP Job Portal, published on 13 Jul 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-12397?
How do I fix CVE-2026-12397?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-12397 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-12397 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-12397 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9j4j-jqwp-qxc9.