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CVE-2023-4140

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CVE-2023-4140

Published: Aug 4, 2023

Modified: Apr 8, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

6.6

MEDIUM

Description

The WP Ultimate CSV Importer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 7.9.8 due to insufficient restriction on the 'get_header_values' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as an author, if the administrator previously grants access in the plugin settings, to modify their user role by supplying the 'wp_capabilities->cus1' parameter.

VendorProductVersions

smackcoders

WP Ultimate CSV Importer – Import CSV, XML & Excel into WordPress

affected
0 - <= 7.9.8

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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