Improper Access Control in Employee Dashboard Endpoint of Django Job Portal by Manjurulhoque
CVE-2026-15188

5.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Manjurulhoque

Status
Django-job-portal
Vendor
CVE Published:
9 July 2026

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

What is CVE-2026-15188?

A vulnerability has been discovered in the Django Job Portal's Employee Dashboard Endpoint, specifically within the function EditEmployeeProfileAPIView. This weakness allows for improper access control due to manipulation of the role argument. Attackers may exploit this flaw remotely, as the necessary exploit information is publicly available. Notably, the project operates a rolling release model, leading to challenges in pinpointing specific affected versions. Despite being alerted early to this issue, the project maintainers have yet to respond.

Affected Version(s)

django-job-portal dfa352f305bba44445ac5dc12e9b2a98c9dcd71f

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.

CVE-2026-15188 - Proof of Concept

References

https://vuldb.com/vuln/377114
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https://vuldb.com/vuln/377114/cti
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https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-15188
third-party-advisory

CVSS V4

Score:
5.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Attack Required:
None
Privileges Required:
Undefined
User Interaction:
None

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

AliceS614 (VulDB User)
VulDB CNA Team
.