CVE-2026-16534 — Import and export users and customers < 2.4.2 - Custom Role Privilege Escalation to Administrator via CSV Import
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 …
Published: 2026-08-03 · CVSS: 9.1 · CVSS 3.1
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.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7