CVE-2026-92540: CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management in Import and export users and customers
The Import and export users and customers WordPress plugin before 2.5.2 does not correctly enforce the promote_users capability when assigning roles during a CSV import, allowing users with only the create_users capability to create new administrator accounts or promote existing users to administrator.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-92540 is an improper privilege management vulnerability (CWE-269) in the Import and export users and customers WordPress plugin. Versions from 2.4.16 up to but not including 2.5.2 fail to enforce the promote_users capability when assigning roles during CSV import. This allows users who have only the create_users capability to create new administrator accounts or promote existing users to administrator, resulting in privilege escalation.
Potential Impact
An attacker with the create_users capability can escalate privileges to administrator by creating or promoting users during CSV import. This could lead to full administrative control over the affected WordPress site.
Mitigation Recommendations
Upgrade the Import and export users and customers plugin to version 2.5.2 or later, where this vulnerability is fixed. No other mitigation is indicated.
CVE-2026-92540: CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management in Import and export users and customers
Description
The Import and export users and customers WordPress plugin before 2.5.2 does not correctly enforce the promote_users capability when assigning roles during a CSV import, allowing users with only the create_users capability to create new administrator accounts or promote existing users to administrator.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.2high
Affected software
Import and export users and customers
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-92540 is an improper privilege management vulnerability (CWE-269) in the Import and export users and customers WordPress plugin. Versions from 2.4.16 up to but not including 2.5.2 fail to enforce the promote_users capability when assigning roles during CSV import. This allows users who have only the create_users capability to create new administrator accounts or promote existing users to administrator, resulting in privilege escalation.
Potential Impact
An attacker with the create_users capability can escalate privileges to administrator by creating or promoting users during CSV import. This could lead to full administrative control over the affected WordPress site.
Mitigation Recommendations
Upgrade the Import and export users and customers plugin to version 2.5.2 or later, where this vulnerability is fixed. No other mitigation is indicated.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- WPScan
- Date Reserved
- 2026-09-16T12:58:12.152Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6aaf7dea55bf5e2cf5adcfa5
Added to database: 09/20/2026, 06:32:10 UTC
Last enriched: 09/20/2026, 06:46:43 UTC
Last updated: 09/20/2026, 22:12:34 UTC
Views: 13
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