Plugins · hr-press-lite · data as of 2026-11-04
Is HR Press Lite safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version
- Latest version
- 1.0.6
- Last updated
- 2026-10-03
- Active installs
- 60+
- Known issues on record
- 1
- Unpatched in latest
- 0
- Tested up to WP
- 7.1.4 · PHP 7.4+
Free WordPress HR plugin — employee check-in/check-out, attendance tracking, break logs, staff directory, and announcements. — by CODECLOVE
What to do
- Update to the latest version (1.0.6). Anything older than 1.0.3 has at least one known issue listed below. Dashboard → Updates, or Plugins → “update now”.
- If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can.
- Turn on auto-updates for it: Plugins → “Enable auto-updates” on its row.
- If you ran a vulnerable version and something looks off (spam pages, strange admins, redirects), run the free scan.
With WP-CLI: wp plugin get hr-press-lite --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update hr-press-lite updates it.
Check your version
Known vulnerabilities
1 on record, newest first. “Affected” is the version range the source gives; “fixed in” is the version the source names, or (marked *) the first wordpress.org release after the last affected version.
medium 6.5 CVE-2026-2720 · published 2026-03-21
Missing authorization check in HR Press Lite (1.0.2 and older)
- Affected
- 1.0.2 and older
- Fixed in
- 1.0.3 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence
Details from the advisory
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.
Recent activity
- 2026-10-03 — latest release on wordpress.org (1.0.6).
- 2026-03-21 — Missing authorization check disclosed (CVE-2026-2720), fixed in 1.0.3.
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Browse vulnerabilities
Types found in this plugin: Missing authorization (1)
Where this data comes from
- Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/hr-press-lite (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-04.
- Vulnerabilities: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-04. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- Each record links to its CVE page and to the original advisory (Wordfence, Patchstack or WPScan) where there is one. We only list a CVE here when its references or its advisory name this exact plugin, so a few real issues may be missing; none should be about a different plugin. Spot an error? Email Daniel.
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