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CVE-2026-7641 Detail

Description

The Import and export users and customers plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to and including 2.0.8 via the `save_extra_user_profile_fields()` function. This is due to an incomplete blocklist that correctly restricts capability meta keys for the primary site (e.g., `wp_capabilities`, `wp_user_level`) but fails to block the equivalent meta keys for any other subsite in a WordPress Multisite network (e.g., `wp_2_capabilities`, `wp_2_user_level`), allowing these keys to pass the `in_array()` check and be written directly to user meta via `update_user_meta()`. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to escalate their privileges to Administrator on any subsite within the Multisite network by submitting a crafted profile update to `/wp-admin/profile.php`. Exploitation requires that an administrator has previously imported a CSV file containing multisite-prefixed capability column headers and has enabled the 'Show fields in profile?' option, which causes those keys to be stored in the `acui_columns` option and exposed as editable fields on the user profile page.


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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/import-users-from-csv-with-meta/tags/2.0.6/classes/columns.php#L198 Wordfence
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/import-users-from-csv-with-meta/tags/2.0.6/classes/columns.php#L221 Wordfence
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/import-users-from-csv-with-meta/tags/2.0.6/classes/helper.php#L150 Wordfence
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/import-users-from-csv-with-meta/tags/2.0.6/classes/multisite.php#L21 Wordfence
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/import-users-from-csv-with-meta/tags/2.0.8/classes/columns.php#L198 Wordfence
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/import-users-from-csv-with-meta/tags/2.0.8/classes/columns.php#L221 Wordfence
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/import-users-from-csv-with-meta/tags/2.0.8/classes/helper.php#L150 Wordfence
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/import-users-from-csv-with-meta/tags/2.0.8/classes/multisite.php#L21 Wordfence
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/import-users-from-csv-with-meta/trunk/classes/columns.php#L198 Wordfence
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/import-users-from-csv-with-meta/trunk/classes/columns.php#L221 Wordfence
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/import-users-from-csv-with-meta/trunk/classes/helper.php#L150 Wordfence
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/import-users-from-csv-with-meta/trunk/classes/multisite.php#L21 Wordfence
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3515646 Wordfence
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/368cff00-6a86-443e-aec4-4115a229a3c1?source=cve Wordfence

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management Wordfence  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-7641
NVD Published Date:
05/02/2026
NVD Last Modified:
05/02/2026
Source:
Wordfence