Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 21, 2026· Updated Apr 24, 2026
CVE-2026-2720
CVE-2026-2720
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.
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Affected products
2- Range: <=1.0.2
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hr-press-lite/tags/1.0.2/admin/admin.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hr-press-lite/tags/1.0.2/includes/HRP_Action.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hr-press-lite/trunk/admin/admin.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hr-press-lite/trunk/includes/HRP_Action.phpnvd
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d2a63b8e-e16e-4702-be1b-acc5c3e74b22nvd
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