WP Import Export Lite Plugin up to 3.9.32 on WordPress server-side request forgery

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in WP Import Export Lite Plugin up to 3.9.32. This vulnerability affects unknown code. This manipulation causes server-side request forgery. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2026-76559. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in WP Import Export Lite Plugin up to 3.9.32 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a server-side request forgery vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-918. The web server receives a URL or similar request from an upstream component and retrieves the contents of this URL, but it does not sufficiently ensure that the request is being sent to the expected destination. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The WP Import Export Lite WordPress plugin before 3.9.33 does not properly validate URLs before requesting them during the import process, allowing users with the import capability, which administrators hold by default, to make the site issue requests to internal hosts and services and read their responses. This is an incomplete fix for CVE-2026-11397.

It is possible to read the advisory at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-76559 since 08/19/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading to version 3.9.33 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• WP Import Export Lite Plugin

Version

• 3.9.0
• 3.9.1
• 3.9.2
• 3.9.3
• 3.9.4
• 3.9.5
• 3.9.6
• 3.9.7
• 3.9.8
• 3.9.9
• 3.9.10
• 3.9.11
• 3.9.12
• 3.9.13
• 3.9.14
• 3.9.15
• 3.9.16
• 3.9.17
• 3.9.18
• 3.9.19
• 3.9.20
• 3.9.21
• 3.9.22
• 3.9.23
• 3.9.24
• 3.9.25
• 3.9.26
• 3.9.27
• 3.9.28
• 3.9.29
• 3.9.30
• 3.9.31
• 3.9.32

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