CVE-2026-92540 - Import and export users and customers < 2.5.2 - Custom Role Privilege Escalation to Administrator via caller_can_promote_users

CVE-2026-92540 - Import and export users and customers < 2.5.2 - Custom Role Privilege Escalation to Administrator via caller_can_promote_users

https://cvefeed.io/rssfeed/latest.atom / Sun, 09/20/2026 - 10:33
CVE ID :CVE-2026-92540
Published : Sept. 20, 2026, 6 a.m. | 1 hour, 9 minutes ago
Description :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.
Severity: 0.0 | NA
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