Improper privilege management in carazo Import and export users and customers
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.
Summary
The Import and export users and customers plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.29.7. This is due to the 'save_extra_user_profile_fields' function not properly restricting which user meta keys can be updated via profile fields. The 'get_restricted_fields' method does not include sensitive meta keys such as 'wp_capabilities'. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to escalate their privileges to Administrator by submitting a crafted registration request that sets the 'wp_capabilities' meta key. The vulnerability can only be exploited if the "Show fields in profile" setting is enabled and a CSV with a wp_capabilities column header has been previously imported.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-3629
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-974q-2m48-3288
References
Other 5
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/48dd9098-38e6-49da-8d22-27e12fddef51?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/import-users-from-csv-with-meta/tags/1.29.7/classes/columns.php#L193
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/import-users-from-csv-with-meta/tags/1.29.7/classes/columns.php#L217
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/import-users-from-csv-with-meta/tags/1.29.7/classes/helper.php#L146
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3483330/import-users-from-csv-with-meta#file37
More carazo vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-85003 Import and export users and customers: Privilege Escalation via Cron Save CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-59231 Import and export users and customers <= 2.4.17 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-06723 Improper privilege management in carazo Import and export users and customers CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-74595 Stored cross-site scripting in Import and export users and customers CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
- TI-2026-12647 Missing authorization in carazo Import and export users and customers CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
- TI-2024-04407 Import and export users and customers <= 1.26.6.1 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.4
Sources
- CVE-2026-3629 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-3629 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-974q-2m48-3288 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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