VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2026-16534
CVSS score9.1 CRITICAL
EPSS probability0.40%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-08-03
Last modified2026-08-26
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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.
Weakness classification
- 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-269