Description
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.
Published: 2026-07-09
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Impact

The Crew HRM plugin for WordPress fails to verify that an authenticated user has permission to delete, archive, unarchive, or duplicate job listings. An attacker with subscriber or higher level can supply any job identifier to the crewhrm_singleJobAction AJAX endpoint. The plugin transmits the required nonce through a front‑end localization script, allowing such users to obtain it easily and bypass the check. The result is loss and alteration of job data, associated stages, addresses, and applications, which can disrupt recruitment workflows and compromise data integrity.

Affected Systems

WordPress sites running the Crew HRM Employee, Leave and Recruitment Management System plugin, version 1.2.2 or earlier releases.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 4.3 indicates moderate risk, the EPSS score is < 1%, and the vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog. The attack requires only an authenticated WordPress session with no additional privileges or remote code execution are needed. Once the attacker obtains the nonce, the deletion can be performed through a simple AJAX POST, making the exploitation straightforward for insiders or compromised accounts.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on July 29, 2026 at 12:33 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Upgrade the Crew HRM plugin to a version newer than 1.2.2, which contains an authorization validation for job deletion actions.
  • If an upgrade is not possible, restrict the crewhrm_singleJobAction AJAX action to administrator users by adding a capability check or using a role‑management plugin to block the endpoint for subscriber roles.
  • Disable or remove the wp_head script localization that exposes the nonce to non‑admin users, for example by modifying the plugin’s Dispatcher script or using a security plugin to hide the nonce from front‑end visitors.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on July 29, 2026 at 12:33 UTC.

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History

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 10:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Crewhrm
Crewhrm employee, Leave And Recruitment Management System – Crew Hrm
Wordpress
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Vendors & Products Crewhrm
Crewhrm employee, Leave And Recruitment Management System – Crew Hrm
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


Thu, 09 Jul 2026 10:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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.
Title Employee, Leave and Recruitment Management System <= 1.2.2 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Job Deletion via crewhrm_singleJobAction AJAX Action
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}


Subscriptions

Crewhrm Employee, Leave And Recruitment Management System – Crew Hrm
Wordpress Wordpress
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-09T17:21:17.258Z

Reserved: 2026-05-21T18:50:12.010Z

Link: CVE-2026-9237

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Updated: 2026-07-09T17:21:13.930Z

cve-icon NVD

No data.

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No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-07-29T12:45:03Z

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