CVE-2026-76555

WP Import Export Lite < 3.9.33 - Authenticated Sensitive File Disclosure via Existing File Import Path Traversal

Published Sep 16, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 6.8 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The WP Import Export Lite WordPress plugin before 3.9.33 does not validate a user-supplied file path before reading it and copying it into a publicly accessible directory, allowing any user whose role an administrator has granted the WP Import Export Lite WordPress plugin before 3.9.33's import permission to disclose sensitive files from the server, including files located outside the web root. The same code path also relaxes the file-system permissions of any path it is given, whether or not the copy succeeds.

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History
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First Time appeared Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions wp Import Export Lite
Vendors & Products Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions wp Import Export Lite
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Weaknesses CWE-22
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Description The WP Import Export Lite WordPress plugin before 3.9.33 does not validate a user-supplied file path before reading it and copying it into a publicly accessible directory, allowing any user whose role an administrator has granted the WP Import Export Lite WordPress plugin before 3.9.33's import permission to disclose sensitive files from the server, including files located outside the web root. The same code path also relaxes the file-system permissions of any path it is given, whether or not the copy succeeds.
Title WP Import Export Lite < 3.9.33 - Authenticated Sensitive File Disclosure via Existing File Import Path Traversal
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
WPScan
Published
Updated
Sep 17, 2026, 12:40 PM
Reserved
Aug 19, 2026, 12:52 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Sep 16, 2026, 6:16 AM
Modified
Sep 17, 2026, 1:16 PM