CSV Mass Importer: A security weakness
CSV Mass Importer is affected by a security weakness. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- CSV Mass Importer
- Plugin slug
csv-mass-importer- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- May 17, 2025
- Weakness
- NVD-CWE-noinfo
This CVE was published May 17, 2025 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update CSV Mass Importer to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The CSV Mass Importer WordPress plugin through 1.2 does not properly validate uploaded files, allowing high privilege users such as admin to upload arbitrary files on the server even when they should not be allowed to (for example in multisite setup)
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H