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.
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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| Unknown | Import and export users and customers | unaffected |
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Mon, 03 Aug 2026 06:45:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| 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. | |
| Title | Import and export users and customers < 2.4.2 - Custom Role Privilege Escalation to Administrator via CSV Import | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: WPScan
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-03T06:00:10.974Z
Reserved: 2026-07-22T08:55:52.206Z
Link: CVE-2026-16534
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