{"id":"CVE-2026-92540","title":"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 …","summary":"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 …","severity":"high","cvss":7.2,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-269"],"product":"Import and export users and customers","affected":["import_and_export_users_and_customers >= 2.4.16 < 2.5.2"],"published":"2026-09-20","updated":"2026-09-21","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-21T13:34:57.127","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-92540","references":[{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3a112d4b-9824-4128-ad6a-25b928e6fbdd/","label":"contact@wpscan.com"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"epss":0.00257,"epssPercentile":0.17615,"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2026-09-20T13:52:01.014820Z"},"ingestedAt":"2026-09-20T07:16:12.218Z","slug":"CVE-2026-92540","body":"## Overview\n\nThe 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.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":40,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":39.6,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":208033,"id":"CVE-2026-92540","ts":1789914180652,"field":"cvss","old":null,"new":"7.2"},{"seq":208032,"id":"CVE-2026-92540","ts":1789914180652,"field":"severity","old":"none","new":"high"}]}