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Critical · 9.1 CVE-2026-16534 EUVD-2026-52166GHSA-xw98-5fp3-v7vg

Import and export users and customers < 2.4.2 - Custom Role Privilege Escalation to Administrator via CSV Import

Published Aug 3, 2026 · Updated Aug 3, 2026 · Assigned by WPScan

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 products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
— Import and export users and customers < 2.4.2 2.4.2

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