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

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2024-13232
CVSS High (8.8)
Publicly Published March 4, 2025
Last Updated March 5, 2025
Researcher Trương Hữu Phúc (truonghuuphuc)
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.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-awesome-import-export (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 4.1.1
Patched Version
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