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.

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)

EPSS: 0.001 (3.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Unknown Import And Export Users Customers

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-918 — Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

References

contact@wpscan.com (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

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.