CVE-2026-7641HIGH 8.8EPSS p37.3%
CVE-2026-7641CVE-2026-7641
Description
The Import and export users and customers plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to and including 2.0.8 via the `save_extra_user_profile_fields()` function. This is due to an incomplete blocklist that correctly restricts capability meta keys for the primary site (e.g., `wp_capabilities`, `wp_user_level`) but fails to block the equivalent meta keys for any other subsite in a WordPress Multisite network (e.g., `wp_2_capabilities`, `wp_2_user_level`), allowing these keys to pass the `in_array()` check and be written directly to user meta via `update_user_meta()`. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to escalate their privileges to Administrator on any subsite within the Multisite network by submitting a crafted profile update to `/wp-admin/profile.php`. Exploitation requires that an administrator has previously imported a CSV file containing multisite-prefixed capability column headers and has enabled the 'Show fields in profile?' option, which causes those keys to be stored in the `acui_columns` option and exposed as editable fields on the user profile page.
Scoring
| CVSS 3.1 | 8.8 (HIGH) |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 0.48% probability of exploitation · percentile 37.3% · 2026-06-19T12:03:05Z |
| Published | 2026-05-02 |
| Last modified | 2026-05-05 |
Underlying weaknesses· 1
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/import-users-from-csv-with-meta/tags/2.0.6/classes/columns.php#L198
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/import-users-from-csv-with-meta/tags/2.0.6/classes/columns.php#L221
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/import-users-from-csv-with-meta/tags/2.0.6/classes/helper.php#L150
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/import-users-from-csv-with-meta/tags/2.0.6/classes/multisite.php#L21
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/import-users-from-csv-with-meta/tags/2.0.8/classes/columns.php#L198
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/import-users-from-csv-with-meta/tags/2.0.8/classes/columns.php#L221
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/import-users-from-csv-with-meta/tags/2.0.8/classes/helper.php#L150
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/import-users-from-csv-with-meta/tags/2.0.8/classes/multisite.php#L21
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| Type | Target | Confidence | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weakness | Improper Privilege Managementcwe-269 | 0% | live |
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