What the vulnerability does
01Description
The Employee, Leave and Recruitment Management System – Crew HRM plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.2. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to delete, archive, unarchive, and duplicate arbitrary job listings — along with their associated stages, meta, addresses, and applications — by supplying an arbitrary integer job_id. The nonce verified by Dispatcher::dispatch() is exposed to all authenticated front-end visitors via wp_head script localization, meaning subscribers can trivially obtain it and satisfy the nonce check without possessing any elevated privilege.
Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms
02Summary
Crew HRM versions up to 1.2.2 lack proper authorization checks, allowing authenticated users to modify data they should not have access to. An attacker with a low-privilege account can change records without the system verifying their permissions. This affects the integrity of employee, leave, and recruitment data. Update to a version newer than 1.2.2.
What an attacker can do
03Attacker Capabilities
Modify employee, leave, or recruitment records without proper authorization.
Potential impact on your site
04Site Impact
Unauthorized changes to HR data by internal users with limited permissions; data integrity compromised.
Conditions required to exploit
05Prerequisites
Attacker must have a valid low-privilege user account on the system.
Key dates
06Disclosure timeline
July 9, 2026
CVE published
July 9, 2026
Record updated
