CVE-2026-15188: Access Control Flaw (CVSS 6.3)

Description

A weakness has been identified in manjurulhoque django-job-portal up to dfa352f305bba44445ac5dc12e9b2a98c9dcd71f. Affected by this vulnerability is the function EditEmployeeProfileAPIView of the file accounts/api/views.py of the component Employee Dashboard Endpoint. This manipulation of the argument role causes improper access controls. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. This product uses a rolling release model to deliver continuous updates. As a result, specific version information for affected or updated releases is not available. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

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CVSS v3.1 Score

6.3

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

EPSS — Exploit Prediction

0.0021

Probability of exploitation

0.11%

Percentile rank

EPSS estimates the probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. A higher score means more likely to be exploited.

Weakness Type (CWE)

CWE-266 CWE-266

CWE-284 CWE-284

References

Other References

https://github.com/manjurulhoque/django-job-portal/ https://github.com/manjurulhoque/django-job-portal/issues/91 https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-15188 https://vuldb.com/submit/851436 https://vuldb.com/vuln/377114 https://vuldb.com/vuln/377114/cti

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2026-15188? +

A weakness has been identified in manjurulhoque django-job-portal up to dfa352f305bba44445ac5dc12e9b2a98c9dcd71f. Affected by this vulnerability is the function EditEmployeeProfileAPIView of the file accounts/api/views.py of the component Employee Dashboard Endpoint. This manipulation of the argument role causes improper access controls. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. This product uses a rolling release model to deliver continuous updates. As a result, specific version information for affected or updated releases is not available. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet. It has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.3 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2026-15188? +

CVE-2026-15188 has a CVSS v3.1 score of 6.3 out of 10, rated MEDIUM. This is a medium-severity vulnerability that should be remediated as part of regular maintenance. The EPSS score is 0.0021, placing it in the 0th percentile for exploitation probability.

How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2026-15188? +

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