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title: "CVE-2026-92540: WordPress Import and export users and customers - Broken Access Control"
description: "WordPress Import and export users and customers plugin < 2.5.2 contains a broken access control caused by improper enforcement of promote_users capability during CSV import, letting users with create_users capability escalate privileges to administrator, exploit requires user to have create_users capability."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-92540/
---

# CVE-2026-92540 WordPress Import and export users and customers - Broken Access Control

WordPress Import and export users and customers plugin < 2.5.2 contains a broken access control caused by improper enforcement of promote\_users capability during CSV import, letting users with create\_users capability escalate privileges to administrator, exploit requires user to have create\_users capability.

CVSS base score 7.2 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.46% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-92540)

## Details

Type

Broken Access Control

Impact

Privilege Escalation

CVSS vector

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

Published

20 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-269](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/269.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to version 2.5.2 or later.

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-2026-92540](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-92540)
- [https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3a112d4b-9824-4128-ad6a-25b928e6fbdd/](https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3a112d4b-9824-4128-ad6a-25b928e6fbdd/)

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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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