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CVE-2026-16534

CRITICAL 9.1 CVSS 3.1
Published
August 3, 2026
Last modified
August 26, 2026
NVD status
Deferred
Reported by
contact@wpscan.com
Weakness
CWE-269
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Description

The Import and export users and customers WordPress plugin before 2.4.2 does not enforce WordPress's role-assignment and per-user edit permissions during CSV import, allowing a user holding only the user-creation capability to create an administrator account and to overwrite an existing administrator's password or email.

Affected WordPress components

  • Import and export users and customers Plugin · import-users-from-csv-with-meta
    Confirmed match Active
    Before 2.4.2
    View on WordPress.org

A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

  • Unknown Import and export users and customers — Before 2.4.2

References

  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0d1246a0-3cd1-4b6d-bd3e-6ed89745da26/
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record