CVE-2026-9237
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Authorization Bypass in Crew HRM WordPress Plugin

Publication date: 2026-07-09

Last updated on: 2026-07-09

Assigner: Wordfence

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.

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Published
2026-07-09
Last Modified
2026-07-09
Generated
2026-07-15
AI Q&A
2026-07-09
EPSS Evaluated
2026-07-14
NVD
CVE-2026-9237
EUVD
EUVD-2026-42566

Affected Vendors & Products

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Vendor Product Version / Range
crew_hrm crew_hrm_plugin to 1.2.2 (inc)
crew_hrm crew_hrm to 1.2.2 (inc)

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CWE ID Description
CWE-862 The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

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Executive Summary

The vulnerability exists in the Employee, Leave and Recruitment Management System – Crew HRM plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions up to and including 1.2.2.

It is an authorization bypass issue caused by the plugin not properly verifying whether a user is authorized to perform certain actions.

As a result, authenticated users with subscriber-level access or higher can delete, archive, unarchive, and duplicate arbitrary job listings and their related data by supplying an arbitrary job_id.

The nonce used to verify requests is exposed to all authenticated front-end visitors, allowing subscribers to easily obtain it and bypass privilege restrictions.

Impact Analysis

This vulnerability allows low-privileged authenticated users to manipulate job listings in the Crew HRM plugin.

  • They can delete job listings and their associated data, potentially causing data loss.
  • They can archive or unarchive job listings, which may disrupt normal business processes.
  • They can duplicate job listings, possibly leading to data inconsistencies or confusion.

Overall, this could lead to unauthorized modification or destruction of recruitment data, impacting the integrity and reliability of the HR system.

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