Vulnerabilities and security researches forwp-import-export-lite wp-import-export-lite

Jun 07, 2024

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2022-0236
Home page URL: Security reports for WP Import Export Lite
Application: WP Import Export Lite
Date: Jan 18, 2022
Research Description: The WP Import Export WordPress plugin (both free and premium versions) is vulnerable to unauthenticated sensitive data disclosure due to a missing capability check on the download function wpie_process_file_download found in the ~/includes/classes/class-wpie-general.php file. This made it possible for unauthenticated attackers to download any imported or exported information from a vulnerable site which can contain sensitive information like user data. This affects versions up to, and including, 3.9.15.
Affected versions: max 3.9.16.
Status: vulnerable

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2024-31308
Home page URL: Security reports for WP Import Export Lite
Application: WP Import Export Lite
Date: Apr 07, 2024
Research Description: Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in VJInfotech WP Import Export Lite.This issue affects WP Import Export Lite: from n/a through 3.9.26.
Affected versions: max 3.9.27.
Status: vulnerable

Apr 23, 2025

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2025-2839
Home page URL: Security reports for WP Import Export Lite
Application: WP Import Export Lite
Date: Apr 22, 2025
Research Description: The WP Import Export Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘wpiePreviewData’ function in all versions up to, and including, 3.9.27 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Affected versions: max 3.9.28.
Status: vulnerable

Aug 05, 2025

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2025-6207
Home page URL: Security reports for WP Import Export Lite
Application: WP Import Export Lite
Date: Aug 05, 2025
Research Description: The WP Import Export Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the 'wpie_tempalte_import' function in all versions up to, and including, 3.9.28. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, and permissions granted by an Administrator, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.
Affected versions: max 3.9.29.
Status: vulnerable

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2025-5061
Home page URL: Security reports for WP Import Export Lite
Application: WP Import Export Lite
Date: Aug 05, 2025
Research Description: The WP Import Export Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the 'wpie_parse_upload_data' function in all versions up to, and including, 3.9.29. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, and permissions granted by an Administrator, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible. The vulnerability was partially patched in version 3.9.29.
Affected versions: max 3.9.30.
Status: vulnerable

Jun 16, 2026

CVE, Research URL: 28b06084-67a0-466d-8030-5feddbafdfe2
Home page URL: Security reports for WP Import Export Lite
Application: WP Import Export Lite
Date: -
Research Description: WP Import Export Lite [wp-import-export-lite] < 3.9.5 WP Import Export Lite < 3.9.5 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Blog Options Update The plugin does not have any CSRF and authorisation checks done in the wpie_ext_save_extension_data AJAX action, nor do perform any validation on the option to be updated. As a result, any authenticated user such as subscriber, or an unauthenticated attacker via a CSRF could update any of the blog options (set to the serialized POST data) which could make the blog and its plugins unusable.
Affected versions: max 3.9.5.
Status: vulnerable

CVE, Research URL: b5a8a4d1-61d9-46dd-8f52-321758172788
Home page URL: Security reports for WP Import Export Lite
Application: WP Import Export Lite
Date: -
Research Description: WP Import Export Lite [wp-import-export-lite] < 3.9.5 WP Import Export Lite < 3.9.5 - Subscriber+ Extensions Update The plugin does not have any CSRF and authorisation checks done in wpie_ext_save_extensions AJAX action. This could allow any authenticated user such as subscriber, or an unauthenticated attacker via a CSRF to set the extensions to be used by the plugin, as well as disable all of them
Affected versions: max 3.9.5.
Status: vulnerable

Jul 04, 2026

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2026-11397
Home page URL: Security reports for WP Import Export Lite
Application: WP Import Export Lite
Date: Jul 03, 2026
Research Description: The WP Import Export Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to and including 3.9.30 via the wpie_import_upload_file_from_url AJAX action. The plugin's URL downloader first calls wp_safe_remote_get() (which correctly blocks private/reserved IP ranges), but when that call returns a WP_Error — the exact outcome for any blocked internal host — the Download::download_file() method falls back to GuzzleHttp\Client::request() with the original attacker-supplied URL and no SSRF protection (and with TLS verification disabled). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services such as the cloud metadata endpoint at 169.
Affected versions: max 3.9.31.
Status: vulnerable