CVE-2026-16534
CriticalCVSS 9.1Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk14th percentile - higher than 14% of all known CVEs
Summary
The 'Import and export users and customers' WordPress plugin before version 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.
Risk Assessment
An attacker can gain full control over the WordPress site by creating an administrator account or modifying an existing administrator's data.
Recommendation
Update the plugin to version 2.4.2 or later, which enforces proper permission checks.
Other vulnerabilities in Import and export users and customers
See all- CVE-2026-54862Medium
The Codection Import and export users and customers plugin contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability caused by improper input neutralization during web page generation. The issue affects versions from the initial release through 2.5.9.
- CVE-2026-94178High
The Import and export users and customers plugin in versions up to and including 2.5.2 contains a Privilege Escalation vulnerability exploitable by a Subscriber-level user. This allows privileges to be elevated.
- CVE-2026-17001Medium
The Import and export users and customers plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Custom Column User Meta Profile Fields in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with custom-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
- CVE-2026-104757High
Editor Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Import and export users and customers up to version 2.5.5 allows a user with the editor role to escalate privileges.
- CVE-2026-15026Medium
The Import and export users and customers plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to and including 2.4.0. Authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access or higher can extract the post_title and raw post_content of arbitrary posts regardless of status or post type by enumerating post IDs. The required nonce is exposed as inline JavaScript on any wp-admin page when ?post_type=acui_email_template is appended to the URL, which is reachable by any authenticated user including Subscribers.
Original NVD description (English source)
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.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS

