Import and export users and customers <= 1.26.8 - Unauthenticated Information Exposure

5.3
Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CVE CVE-2024-38787
CVSS 5.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published August 7, 2024
Last Updated August 14, 2024
Researcher emad

Description

The Import and export users and customers plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.26.8 via the fileupload_process function that uploads an import file in a public directory and does not subsequently delete it. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including user data.

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Vulnerability Details for Import and export users and customers

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug import-users-from-csv-with-meta (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.26.9, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.26.8
Patched Version
  • 1.26.9

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