Import and export users and customers: Privilege escalation
The export requires the Editor role or higher. An attacker can cross a permission boundary and gain privileges beyond those intended for the caller. The role-changing operation, target privilege and endpoint are undisclosed. The supplied vector reports high confidentiality impact, high integrity impact, high availability impact. The vector requires no victim interaction. Affected versions: <= 2.5.5. The authoritative export identifies 2.5.7 as fixed for this CVE.
- Component
- Import and export users and customers
- Plugin slug
import-users-from-csv-with-meta- Affected
- n/a through 2.5.5
- Safe version
2.5.7- Published
- Oct 06, 2026
This CVE was published Oct 06, 2026 and is one of 21 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Import and export users and customers to 2.5.7 or a later supported release. Application-level remediation: Authorize each privilege-changing operation against the acting user, disallow client-selected privileged roles, and enforce capability checks before any user or role update.
A safe version is available, so updating to that version or later is the preferred remediation. If an immediate update is not practical, consider a targeted application patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality.
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
Editor Privilege Escalation in Import and export users and customers <= 2.5.5 versions.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H