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Import WP – Export and Import CSV and XML files to WordPress <= 2.14.17 — Unauthenticated Information Exposure

CVE-2025-12894Published · Updated

Action summary

Affected: ≤2.14.17Update to 2.14.18 or newer

All remediation steps
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Severity
Medium5.3
CVSS
5.3
CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
What does this vector mean?
AV:N Attack vector
Network
AC:L Attack complexity
Low
PR:N Privileges required
None
UI:N User interaction
None
S:U Scope
Unchanged
C:L Confidentiality
Low
I:N Integrity
None
A:N Availability
None
Weakness
CWE-552 Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties
Required access
No account needed
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
No score
CISA KEV
Not listed
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Am I affected?

Import WP – CSV & XML Import Export for WordPress jc-importer

  1. Affected≤ 2.14.17
  2. Patched in2.14.18

Update to 2.14.18 or newer.

You are affected if you run ≤ 2.14.17. Version 2.14.18 and later are not affected by this issue.

  • Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Import WP – CSV & XML Import Export for WordPress.
  • No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
  • No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.

What to do

  1. Update to version 2.14.18, or a newer patched version
  2. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
  3. Watch Import WP – CSV & XML Import Export for WordPress to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to type5afe.

The Import WP – Export and Import CSV and XML files to WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.14.17 via the import/export functionality and a lack of .htaccess protection. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data from exports stored in /exportwp and import data stored in /importwp.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

More in Import WP – CSV & XML Import Export for WordPress

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SeverityVulnerabilityCVEPublished
Medium5.3Unauthenticated Information Exposure
<2.14.23Update to 2.14.23
CVE-2026-14925
Medium4.9Authenticated (Admin+) Arbitrary File Read
≤2.14.16Update to 2.14.17
CVE-2025-12137
High7.5Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure Through Unprotected Directory
≤2.14.5Update to 2.14.6
CVE-2024-13562
Medium5.5Authenticated (Admin+) Server-Side Request Forgery
≤2.13.0Update to 2.13.1
CVE-2023-7253
High7.2Authenticated Arbitrary File Upload
≤2.4.5Update to 2.4.6
CVE-2022-1273

Timeline

  1. CVE published

    Severity medium, CVSS 5.3

  2. Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Wordfence record
Vulnerability data
Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
CVE® identifiers
Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
CVSS / CWE
National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
VulnCrest content
Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.

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