High severity7.2NVD Advisory· Published Sep 20, 2026· Updated Sep 21, 2026
CVE-2026-92540
CVE-2026-92540
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.
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Affected products
1- Range: <2.5.2
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1News mentions
1- Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (September 14, 2026 to September 20, 2026)Wordfence Blog · Sep 24, 2026