WP Import Export Lite Plugin up to 3.9.34 on WordPress privileges management

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in WP Import Export Lite Plugin up to 3.9.34. Affected is an unknown function. This manipulation causes privileges management. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-76554. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in WP Import Export Lite Plugin up to 3.9.34 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The WP Import Export Lite WordPress plugin before 3.9.35 does not verify that the user running an import is permitted to create or modify user accounts and assign roles, allowing users granted a delegated WP Import Export Lite WordPress plugin before 3.9.35 permission, who cannot otherwise manage users, to create administrator accounts and to overwrite the credentials and role of existing accounts, including administrators.

The advisory is shared at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-76554 since 08/19/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 3.9.35 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• 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
• 3.9.33
• 3.9.34

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