---
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: 0.17644
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-09-20T13:52:01.014820Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-09-20T07:16:12.218Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Remediation

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