CRITICAL 9.1 NVD

CVE-2026-16534

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 im

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.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0d1246a0-3cd1-4b6d-bd3e-6ed89745da26/

Published: 2026-08-03 · Source: NVD · Feed updated: 2026-08-04

This critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.1 was published on 2026-08-03 via NVD.

Risk Timeline

CVE Disclosed2026-08-03 · 0 days ago

Remediation Resources

Official Advisory

wpscan.com/vulnerability/0d1246a0-3cd1-4b6d-bd3e-6ed89745da26/

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