CVE-2026-16542 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Import and export users and customers WordPress plugin before 2.4.5 does not validate a user-supplied URL before requesting it server-side during a CSV import, allowing high-privileged users to perform Server-Side Request Forgery attacks.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00179.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f57577b2-3031-433a-a3e1-758d12b244d1/

History

Sun, 20 Sep 2026 14:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 4.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Sun, 20 Sep 2026 07:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-918

Sun, 20 Sep 2026 06:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		The Import and export users and customers WordPress plugin before 2.4.5 does not validate a user-supplied URL before requesting it server-side during a CSV import, allowing high-privileged users to perform Server-Side Request Forgery attacks.
Title		Import and export users and customers < 2.4.5 - Admin+ SSRF via bp_avatar
References		https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f57577b2-3031-433a-a3e1-758d12b244d1/

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-09-20T06:00:15.453Z

Updated: 2026-09-20T13:45:24.876Z

Reserved: 2026-07-22T09:43:42.454Z

Link: CVE-2026-16542

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-20T13:45:11.552Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-09-20T07:16:49.467

Modified: 2026-09-21T13:34:57.127

Link: CVE-2026-16542

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-20T16:15:18Z

Weaknesses

CWE-918

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