WP Import Export Lite <= 3.9.30 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Server-Side Request Forgery via 'file_url' Parameter
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The WP Import Export Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to and including 3.9.30 via the wpie_import_upload_file_from_url AJAX action. The plugin's URL downloader first calls wp_safe_remote_get() (which correctly blocks private/reserved IP ranges), but when that call returns a WP_Error — the exact outcome for any blocked internal host — the Download::download_file() method falls back to GuzzleHttp\Client::request() with the original attacker-supplied URL and no SSRF protection (and with TLS verification disabled). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services such as the cloud metadata endpoint at 169.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vjinfotech | WP Import Export Lite | up to 3.9.30 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- WP Import Export Lite Vendorvjinfotech Affected up to 3.9.30 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1
Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:vjinfotech:wp_import_export_lite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | vjinfotech |
- cpe:2.3:a:vjinfotech:wp_import_export_lite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·vjinfotech
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-11397
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w7wg-w2g9-vmjq
References
Other 6
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/94384812-fa6e-48db-a84a-b1769e62ca58?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-import-export-lite/tags/3.9.30/includes/classes/import/downloader/download.php#L97
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-import-export-lite/tags/3.9.30/includes/classes/import/downloader/download.php#L31
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-import-export-lite/tags/3.9.30/includes/classes/import/extensions/url-upload/wpie_url_upload.php#L44
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-import-export-lite/tags/3.9.30/includes/classes/import/extensions/url-upload/class-wpie-url-upload.php#L29
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-import-export-lite/trunk/includes/classes/import/downloader/download.php?rev=3587811
More vjinfotech vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-00172 WP Import Export (Lite) <= 3.9.15 Unauthenticated Sensitive Data Disclosure CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2025-05615 WP Import Export Lite <= 3.9.28 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2025-04537 WP Import Export Lite <= 3.9.29 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-25825 WordPress Woo Custom and Sequential Order Number Plugin <= 2.6.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-20684 WordPress WP Import Export Lite & WP Import Export plugin <= 3.9.26 - PHP Object Injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2025-02479 WP Import Export Lite <= 3.9.27 - Authenticated (Contributor+) DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
Sources
- CVE-2026-11397 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-11397 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-w7wg-w2g9-vmjq · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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