Information Disclosure Vulnerability in WP Job Portal by WordPress
CVE-2026-12397

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Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress

Vendor
CVE Published:
13 July 2026

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๐Ÿ‘พ Exploit Exists๐ŸŸก Public PoC

What is CVE-2026-12397?

The WP Job Portal plugin for WordPress prior to version 2.5.5 contains a vulnerability that fails to verify ownership when returning an employer's contact email for specific job listings. This weakness allows authenticated users with subscriber-level accounts to access and enumerate the private email addresses of other employers by leveraging job identifiers. As a result, sensitive information is exposed, posing a risk to employer privacy and data security.

Affected Version(s)

WP Job Portal 0 < 2.5.5

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

References

Timeline

  • ๐ŸŸก

    Public PoC available

  • ๐Ÿ‘พ

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Muni Nitish Kumar Yaddala
WPScan
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