The Hr Press Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of sensitive employee data due to a missing capability check on the `hrp-fetch-employees` AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to retrieve sensitive employee information including names, email addresses, phone numbers, salary/pay rates, employment dates, and employment status.
History

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 18:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Codeclove
Codeclove hr Press Lite
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Codeclove
Codeclove hr Press Lite
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress

Sat, 21 Mar 2026 05:30:00 +0000

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Description The Hr Press Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of sensitive employee data due to a missing capability check on the `hrp-fetch-employees` AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to retrieve sensitive employee information including names, email addresses, phone numbers, salary/pay rates, employment dates, and employment status.
Title Hr Press Lite <= 1.0.2 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Sensitive Employee Information Exposure
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2026-03-21T03:27:06.398Z

Updated: 2026-03-23T17:00:29.803Z

Reserved: 2026-02-18T21:16:02.973Z

Link: CVE-2026-2720

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-23T17:00:23.838Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-03-21T04:17:11.840

Modified: 2026-03-23T14:32:02.800

Link: CVE-2026-2720

cve-icon Redhat

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