---
title: "CVE-2026-104368: WordPress Export and Import Users and Customers - Privilege Escalation"
description: "WordPress Export and Import Users and Customers plugin <= 2.7.5 contains a privilege escalation caused by CSV escape-character mismatch between export and import components, letting authenticated subscribers create arbitrary administrator accounts, exploit requires subscriber-level access."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-104368/
---

# CVE-2026-104368 WordPress Export and Import Users and Customers - Privilege Escalation

WordPress Export and Import Users and Customers plugin <= 2.7.5 contains a privilege escalation caused by CSV escape-character mismatch between export and import components, letting authenticated subscribers create arbitrary administrator accounts, exploit requires subscriber-level access.

CVSS base score 8.8 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.35% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-104368)

## Details

Type

Privilege Escalation

Impact

Privilege Escalation

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published

30 October 2026

Updated

31 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-116](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/116.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest version beyond 2.7.5.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-104368](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-104368)
- [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/users-customers-import-export-for-wp-woocommerce/tags/2.7.5/admin/modules/user/import/import.php#L490](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/users-customers-import-export-for-wp-woocommerce/tags/2.7.5/admin/modules/user/import/import.php#L490)
- [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3741112/users-customers-import-export-for-wp-woocommerce](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3741112/users-customers-import-export-for-wp-woocommerce)
- [https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4d358e43-f193-42fd-b49a-1b2a943183f2?source=cve](https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4d358e43-f193-42fd-b49a-1b2a943183f2?source=cve)
- [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/users-customers-import-export-for-wp-woocommerce/tags/2.7.5/admin/classes/class-csvreader.php#L197](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/users-customers-import-export-for-wp-woocommerce/tags/2.7.5/admin/classes/class-csvreader.php#L197)
- [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/users-customers-import-export-for-wp-woocommerce/tags/2.7.5/admin/classes/class-csvwriter.php#L154](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/users-customers-import-export-for-wp-woocommerce/tags/2.7.5/admin/classes/class-csvwriter.php#L154)
- [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/users-customers-import-export-for-wp-woocommerce/tags/2.7.5/admin/modules/user/export/export.php#L560](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/users-customers-import-export-for-wp-woocommerce/tags/2.7.5/admin/modules/user/export/export.php#L560)

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- Whether you run the affected software, and where
- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
- What it would cost the business, ranked into what to fix first

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