WordPress plugin · wp-import-export-lite
Is WP Import Export Lite safe?
Safe on 3.9.35 or newer.
The current version, 3.9.35, is past every affected range on record (16 of 16 records list one). Keep it updated and you’re clear of them.
- Flaws on record
- 16
- High or critical
- 7
- Exploited
- none
- Current version
- 3.9.35
- Last updated
- Sep 12, 2026
- Active installs
- 40,000+
Every recorded flaw
- Sep 19, 2026WP Import Export Lite: Does not verify that the user running an import is permitted to create or modify user accounts and assign rolesCVE-2026-76554 · fixed in 3.9.35 · reported by WPScanHigh 7.2
- Sep 16, 2026WP Import Export Lite: Does not properly validate URLs before requesting them during the import processCVE-2026-76559 · fixed in 3.9.33 · reported by WPScanMedium 4.1
- Sep 16, 2026WP Import Export Lite: Does not escape custom field names retrieved from the database before inserting them into the DOM of one of its administration screensCVE-2026-76558 · fixed in 3.9.33 · reported by WPScanMedium 6.8
- Sep 16, 2026WP Import Export Lite: Does not properly sanitise and escape some import configuration values before using them in SQL statementsCVE-2026-76557 · fixed in 3.9.33 · reported by WPScanMedium 6.8
- Sep 16, 2026WP Import Export Lite: Does not properly sanitise and escape some export filter values before using them in SQL statementsCVE-2026-76556 · fixed in 3.9.33 · reported by WPScanMedium 6.8
- Sep 16, 2026WP Import Export Lite: Does not validate a user-supplied file path before reading it and copying it into a publicly accessible directoryCVE-2026-76555 · fixed in 3.9.33 · reported by WPScanMedium 6.8
- Sep 16, 2026WP Import Export Lite: Does not validate a path taken from storedCVE-2026-76553 · fixed in 3.9.33 · reported by WPScanMedium 6.5
- Sep 16, 2026WP Import Export Lite: Does not validate the typeCVE-2026-76552 · fixed in 3.9.33 · reported by WPScanHigh 8.8
- Sep 16, 2026WP Import Export Lite: Does not restrictCVE-2026-76551 · fixed in 3.9.33 · reported by WPScanHigh 7.2
- Sep 16, 2026WP Import Export Lite: Does not validate a user-supplied output pathCVE-2026-76550 · fixed in 3.9.34 · reported by WPScanHigh 7.2
- Jul 3, 2026WP Import Export Lite: Server-Side Request ForgeryCVE-2026-11397 · affects up to 3.9.30 · reported by WordfenceMedium 5.5
- Aug 5, 2025WP Import Export Lite: Arbitrary file uploadsCVE-2025-6207 · affects up to 3.9.28 · reported by WordfenceHigh 7.5
- Aug 5, 2025WP Import Export Lite: Arbitrary file uploadsCVE-2025-5061 · affects up to 3.9.29 · reported by WordfenceHigh 7.5
- Apr 22, 2025WP Import Export Lite: Stored Cross-Site ScriptingCVE-2025-2839 · affects up to 3.9.27 · reported by WordfenceMedium 6.4
- Apr 7, 2024WP Import Export Lite: Deserialization of Untrusted DataCVE-2024-31308 · affects up to 3.9.26 · reported by PatchstackMedium 4.4
- Jan 18, 2022The WP Import Export WordPress plugin (both free and premium versions) is vulnerable to unauthenticated sensitive data disclosure due to a missing capability chCVE-2022-0236 · affects up to 3.9.15 · reported by Wordfence4.3% oddsHigh 7.5
Records come from the National Vulnerability Database, published by the researchers who found each flaw (Wordfence, Patchstack, WPScan and others); exploited status from CISA; exploit odds from FIRST’s EPSS; current version, installs and closures from wordpress.org, checked daily. Want every plugin on your site checked at once? Run the free website check.
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