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CVE-2024-13232: WordPress Awesome Import & Export Plugin - Import & Export WordPress Data <= 4.1.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary SQL Execution/Privilege Escalation

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-03-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The WordPress Awesome Import & Export Plugin - Import & Export WordPress Data plugin for WordPress is vulnerable arbitrary SQL Execution and privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the renderImport() function in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to execute arbitrary SQL statements that can leveraged to create a new administrative user account.

Affected products

• ddeveloper WordPress Awesome Import & Export Plugin - Import & Export WordPress Data: through 4.1.1

References

• https://codecanyon.net/item/wordpress-awesome-import-export-plugin-v-24/12896266
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f24f0673-b5c8-4086-8795-692228a413af?source=cve

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