The Import and export users and customers WordPress plugin before 2.5.2 does not enforce the promote_users capability in its front-end import functionality, allowing users with only the create_users capability to change the role of existing users, including promoting them to administrator.
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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Sun, 20 Sep 2026 06:30:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | The Import and export users and customers WordPress plugin before 2.5.2 does not enforce the promote_users capability in its front-end import functionality, allowing users with only the create_users capability to change the role of existing users, including promoting them to administrator. | |
| Title | Import and export users and customers < 2.5.2 - Custom Role Privilege Escalation to Administrator via Frontend Importer | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: WPScan
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-20T06:00:18.739Z
Reserved: 2026-09-16T12:58:16.942Z
Link: CVE-2026-92541
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-20T07:16:51.353
Modified: 2026-09-20T07:16:51.353
Link: CVE-2026-92541
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