What’s Vulnerable › Vulnerabilities

CVE-2022-0236: WP Import Export (Lite) <= 3.9.15 Unauthenticated Sensitive Data Disclosure

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-01-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The WP Import Export WordPress plugin (both free and premium versions) is vulnerable to unauthenticated sensitive data disclosure due to a missing capability check on the download function wpie_process_file_download found in the ~/includes/classes/class-wpie-general.php file. This made it possible for unauthenticated attackers to download any imported or exported information from a vulnerable site which can contain sensitive information like user data. This affects versions up to, and including, 3.9.15.

Affected products

• vjinfotech WP Import Export: through 3.9.15
• vjinfotech WP Import Export Lite: through 3.9.15

References

• https://github.com/qurbat/CVE-2022-0236
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2649762/wp-import-export-lite/trunk/includes/classes/class-wpie-general.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-0236
• https://github.com/qurbat/CVE-2022-0236
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2649762/wp-import-export-lite/trunk/includes/classes/class-wpie-general.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/vulnerability-advisories/#CVE-2022-0236

Get alerted when CVE-2022-0236 or the next vulnerability affects your stack