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.
Published: 2026-03-21
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Unauthorized access to sensitive employee data
Action: Immediate Patch
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History

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 18:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Codeclove
Codeclove hr Press Lite
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Codeclove
Codeclove hr Press Lite
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress

Sat, 21 Mar 2026 05:30:00 +0000

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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.
Title Hr Press Lite <= 1.0.2 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Sensitive Employee Information Exposure
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


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Codeclove Hr Press Lite
Wordpress Wordpress
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T17:25:23.499Z

Reserved: 2026-02-18T21:16:02.973Z

Link: CVE-2026-2720

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-23T17:00:23.838Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-03-21T04:17:11.840

Modified: 2026-04-24T16:27:44.277

Link: CVE-2026-2720

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No data.

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Updated: 2026-03-25T14:41:36Z

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