CVE-2026-3629
HIGH
8,1
Source: [email protected]
Attack Vector: network
Attack Complexity: high
Privileges Required: none
User Interaction: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: high
Integrity: high
Availability: high
Description
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The Import and export users and customers plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.29.7. This is due to the 'save_extra_user_profile_fields' function not properly restricting which user meta keys can be updated via profile fields. The 'get_restricted_fields' method does not include sensitive meta keys such as 'wp_capabilities'. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to escalate their privileges to Administrator by submitting a crafted registration request that sets the 'wp_capabilities' meta key. The vulnerability can only be exploited if the 'Show fields in profile' setting is enabled and a CSV with a wp_capabilities column header has been previously imported.
269
Improper Privilege Management
DraftCommon Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Access Control
Potential Impacts:
Gain Privileges Or Assume Identity
Applicable Platforms
All platforms may be affected
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/import-users-from-csv-with-meta/tags…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/import-users-from-csv-with-meta/tags…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/import-users-from-csv-with-meta/tags…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3483330/import-users-from-csv-with…
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/48dd9098-38e6-49da-8d…