CVE-2026-15188 manjurulhoque django-job-portal Employee Dashboard Endpoint views.py EditEmployeeProfileAPIView access control
Attackers can modify employee profiles via the dashboard endpoint due to missing access controls, potentially escalating privileges or altering data.
- 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-2026-15188?
CVE-2026-15188 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in manjurulhoque django-job-portal, published on 9 Jul 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A weakness has been identified in manjurulhoque django-job-portal up to dfa352f305bba44445ac5dc12e9b2a98c9dcd71f. Affected by this vulnerability is the function EditEmployeeProfileAPIView of the file accounts/api/views.py of the component Employee Dashboard Endpoint. This manipulation of the argument role causes improper access controls. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. This product uses a rolling release model to deliver continuous updates. As a result, specific version information for affected or updated releases is not available. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-15188?
How do I fix CVE-2026-15188?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-15188 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2026-15188 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-15188 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2rhq-gr66-449j.