Stored cross-site scripting in Import and export users and customers
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The carazo Import and export users and customers plugin for WordPress is affected in all versions from 0 through 2.4.5. Missing input sanitization and output escaping of custom column user meta profile fields causes stored cross-site scripting (CWE-79). An authenticated attacker with custom-level access or above can inject arbitrary web scripts that execute when a user accesses an injected page.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
The Import and export users and customers plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Custom Column User Meta Profile Fields in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with custom-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
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
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for Import and export users and customers.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Timeline
- 2026-10-15 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-17001
- 2026-10-16 Alias added: GHSA-4999-fgr2-g9qv
- 2026-10-16 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-16 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
References
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-2026-03129 Improper privilege management in carazo Import and export users and customers CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- 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-2026-17001 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-17001 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4999-fgr2-g9qv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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