---
id: CVE-2026-92541
title: >-
  The Import and export users and customers WordPress plugin before 2.5.2 does
  not enforce the promote_users capability in its front-end import
  functionality, allowing users with only the create_users capability to change
  the role of exist…
summary: >-
  The Import and export users and customers WordPress plugin before 2.5.2 does
  not enforce the promote_users capability in its front-end import
  functionality, allowing users with only the create_users capability to change
  the role of exist…
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 < 2.5.2
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-2026-92541'
references:
  - url: 'https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b31fb9ee-9f65-43d0-88fa-da99513f8a3b/'
    label: contact@wpscan.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00257
epssPercentile: 0.17644
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-09-20T13:52:15.175469Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-09-20T07:16:12.218Z'
---

## Overview

The Import and export users and customers WordPress plugin before 2.5.2 does not enforce the promote_users capability in its front-end import functionality, allowing users with only the create_users capability to change the role of existing users, including promoting them to administrator.

## Remediation

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