---
id: CVE-2026-16542
title: >-
  The Import and export users and customers WordPress plugin before 2.4.5 does
  not validate a user-supplied URL before requesting it server-side during a CSV
  import, allowing high-privileged users to perform Server-Side Request Forgery
  att…
summary: >-
  The Import and export users and customers WordPress plugin before 2.4.5 does
  not validate a user-supplied URL before requesting it server-side during a CSV
  import, allowing high-privileged users to perform Server-Side Request Forgery
  att…
severity: medium
cvss: 4.1
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-918
product: Import and export users and customers
affected:
  - import_and_export_users_and_customers < 2.4.5
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-2026-16542'
references:
  - url: 'https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f57577b2-3031-433a-a3e1-758d12b244d1/'
    label: contact@wpscan.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00179
epssPercentile: 0.06638
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-09-20T13:45:22.161029Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-09-20T07:16:12.224Z'
---

## Overview

The Import and export users and customers WordPress plugin before 2.4.5 does not validate a user-supplied URL before requesting it server-side during a CSV import, allowing high-privileged users to perform Server-Side Request Forgery attacks.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.