Information Disclosure in WP Ultimate CSV Importer (WordPress plugin) (CVE-2026-80518)
Summary
Vulnerability in WP Ultimate CSV Importer (WordPress plugin) (CVE-2026-80518). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
The WP Ultimate CSV Importer WordPress plugin before 9.2 does not use a site-specific secret when deriving the storage location of the import logs it writes under the uploads directory, nor does it block direct access to them, allowing unauthenticated attackers to retrieve the personal data of users imported from a CSV file.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-80518 has been found in WP Ultimate CSV Importer (WordPress plugin).
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 3.7/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "WP Ultimate CSV Importer (WordPress plugin) CVE-2026-80518" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-80518 (WP Ultimate CSV Importer (WordPress plugin)) — CWE-200 / CVSS v3 3.7
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
Information disclosure (CWE-200) exists in WP Ultimate CSV Importer (WordPress plugin).
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of WP Ultimate CSV Importer (WordPress plugin).
Severity: Low (CVSS 3.7/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで WP Ultimate CSV Importer (WordPress plugin) を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- web contact@wpscan.com
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web wpscan.com
- web github.com