CVE-2026-120554
Description
The Import and export users and customers plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.11 This is due to a non-atomic multi-option write sequence in the ACUI_Cron::save_settings() function, which persists acui_cron_activated, acui_cron_configured_by, acui_cron_user_id, and acui_cron_path_to_file before reaching the authorization gate that calls wp_die() when a non-promoter submits a role. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers holding a custom delegated role with create_users but without promote_users or edit_users to escalate their privileges to Administrator, provided a prior administrator cron-tab save exists and no successful save intervenes before the next unattended cron tick processes the attacker's repointed CSV file.
Affected products
1- Range: <=2.5.11
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/import-users-from-csv-with-meta/tags/2.5.7/classes/cron.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/import-users-from-csv-with-meta/tags/2.5.7/classes/cron.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/import-users-from-csv-with-meta/tags/2.5.7/classes/cron.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/import-users-from-csv-with-meta/tags/2.5.7/classes/import.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/import-users-from-csv-with-meta/tags/2.5.7/classes/import.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3775652/import-users-from-csv-with-metanvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3775652/import-users-from-csv-with-meta/trunk/classes/cron.phpnvd
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4db0991f-fc89-411b-b0df-1a11c9ddec1fnvd
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