SSRF in Import And Export Users Customers

CVE-2026-16542

The Import and export users and customers WordPress plugin before 2.4.5 does not validate a user-supplied URL before requesting it server-side during a CSV import, allowing high-privileged users to perform Server-Side Request Forgery attacks.

Vulnerability class: SSRF (Server-Side Request Forgery)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (22.7th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 23rd percentile — 22.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2026-16542: held from 0.002 to 0.003.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.001

Affected products

  • Import And Export Users Customers

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-16542?
CVE-2026-16542 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Import And Export Users Customers, classified under Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). CVSS score: 4.1/10. Published 2026-09-20.
How severe is CVE-2026-16542?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.1 out of 10.