Privilege escalation in Import And Export Users Customers

CVE-2026-92540

The Import and export users and customers WordPress plugin before 2.5.2 does not correctly enforce the promote_users capability when assigning roles during a CSV import, allowing users with only the create_users capability to create new administrator accounts or promote existing users to administrator.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (40.1th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 40th percentile — 40.1% 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-2026-92540: held from 0.005 to 0.005.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • Import And Export Users Customers

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-92540?
CVE-2026-92540 is a high-severity vulnerability in Import And Export Users Customers, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2026-09-20.
How severe is CVE-2026-92540?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.