# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Jul 2026
- **Updated:** 9 Jul 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2rhq-gr66-449j

## 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.

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control), CWE-266 (Incorrect Privilege Assignment)

## 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.

## Is CVE-2026-15188 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-15188 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-15188 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-15188 exists.

Affected product: manjurulhoque django-job-portal. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-15188/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-15188/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-15188
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-15188
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-15188

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-15188/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.