CVE-2026-77017 Workeera Remote Tech Job Board < 1.0.6 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary File Read via Candidate Profile Mass Assignment
Subscribers can read arbitrary server files, including secrets, due to unrestricted profile mass assignment and file serving in the Workeera plugin.
- 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-2026-77017?
CVE-2026-77017 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Unknown Workeera, published on 27 Aug 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Workeera WordPress plugin before 1.0.6 does not restrict which profile values a candidate may submit, nor confine the stored file location to an allowed directory before serving it, allowing users with a role as low as subscriber to read arbitrary files on the server, including its configuration file and authentication secrets.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-77017?
How do I fix CVE-2026-77017?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-77017 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2026-77017 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-77017 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gmqc-8f92-w42j.