PT-2026-26842 · WordPress · Hr Press Lite

Itthidej Aramsri + 1 · Published 2026-03-21 · Updated 2026-03-21 · CVE-2026-2720

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Hr Press Lite versions up to and including 1.0.2

Description The Hr Press Lite plugin for WordPress has a flaw that allows unauthorized access to sensitive employee data. This is due to a missing capability check on the hrp-fetch-employees AJAX action. Attackers with Subscriber-level access or higher can retrieve sensitive employee information, including names, email addresses, phone numbers, salary/pay rates, employment dates, and employment status. The vulnerable component is the hrp-fetch-employees AJAX action.

Recommendations Update Hr Press Lite to a version beyond 1.0.2.

Fix

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-2720

Affected Products

Hr Press Lite

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-2720 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2035237243489862031 · Twitter Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hr-press-lite/tags/1.0.2/admin/admin.php#L36 · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hr-press-lite/tags/1.0.2/includes/HRP_Action.php#L1444 · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hr-press-lite/trunk/admin/admin.php#L36 · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hr-press-lite/trunk/includes/HRP_Action.php#L1444 · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d2a63b8e-e16e-4702-be1b-acc5c3e74b22?source=cve · Note