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GHSA-WC9C-673F-726H

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-09-10 09:30 – Updated: 2025-09-10 09:30

Details

The WP Import – Ultimate CSV XML Importer for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the 'get_ftp_details' AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 7.27. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to retrieve a configured set of SFTP/FTP credentials.

Severity

7.7 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

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CVE-2025-10040 (GCVE-0-2025-10040)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-10 06:38 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:11

Title

WP Import – Ultimate CSV XML Importer for WordPress <= 7.27 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) FTP/SFTP Credential Exposure

Summary

Severity

7.7 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-09-10 20:30 UTC

CWE

CWE-862 - Missing Authorization

Assigner

Wordfence CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 65/100 over 2250 records in the last 180 days details

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-ult…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3357…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
smackcoders	WP Ultimate CSV Importer – Import CSV, XML & Excel into WordPress	Affected: 0 , ≤ 7.27 (semver)

Credits

Arkadiusz Hydzik

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