CVE-2026-15188Public exploitNetwork attack vector

Employee-to-employer escalation via writable profile role

Published Jul 9, 2026 · Updated Jul 9, 2026

Privilege escalation in Django Job Portal allows remote authenticated users to gain employer access through a crafted profile update. EditEmployeeProfileAPIView passes caller-controlled role data to UserSerializer, which treats the authorization-bearing field as writable and persists it. An employee JWT is required; the new role grants job creation plus read access to applicant data and write access to hiring status.

CVSS severityUnavailable
Unscored
EPSS probability0.37%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Based on sourced intelligence
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Summary

What happened

Privilege escalation in Django Job Portal allows remote authenticated users to gain employer access through a crafted profile update. EditEmployeeProfileAPIView passes caller-controlled role data to UserSerializer, which treats the authorization-bearing field as writable and persists it. An employee JWT is required; the new role grants job creation plus read access to applicant data and write access to hiring status.

The record

CVE
CVE-2026-15188
Published
Jul 9, 2026
Updated
Jul 9, 2026
Vendor
Manjurul Hoque Rumi
Product
Django Job Portal
Classifications
CWE-284, CWE-266, T1098
Attack vector
network
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jul 9, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Jul 9, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=dfa352f305bba44445ac5dc12e9b2a98c9dcd71f

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Manjurul Hoque Rumi · Django Job Portalversion=dfa352f305bba44445ac5dc12e9b2a98c9dcd71f

Published CVSS scores

6.3VulDB CNACVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
6.3VulDB CNACVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
6.5VulDB CNAAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR
5.3VulDB CNACVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitPublished

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-284Improper Access Control
CWE-266Incorrect Privilege Assignment
T1098Account Manipulation

Public exploit references

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