CVE-2026-16534

CriticalCVSS 9.1/10Last modified Aug 26, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.1/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-269

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Aug 3, 2026
Last modified
Aug 26, 2026
NVD status
Deferred

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