{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-4140 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2023-4140 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2023-4140 is a medium-severity vulnerability in smackcoders WP Ultimate CSV Importer – Import CSV, XML \u0026 Excel into WordPress, published on 4 Aug 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-4140 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-4140 is a medium-severity vulnerability in smackcoders WP Ultimate CSV Importer – Import CSV, XML \u0026 Excel into WordPress, published on 4 Aug 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-4140 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: smackcoders WP Ultimate CSV Importer – Import CSV, XML \u0026 Excel into WordPress. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4140/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4140/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-4140","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4140/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-4140","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-w8cv-px37-3m49"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":true,"product_category":"WordPress plugin","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"Authenticated authors can escalate privileges to administrator by modifying user metadata if plugin access is granted.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Wordfence","cpe":[{"product":"wp_ultimate_csv_importer","vendor":"smackcoders"}],"cvss":{"score":6.6,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-269","name":"Improper Privilege Management"}],"description":"The WP Ultimate CSV Importer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 7.9.8 due to insufficient restriction on the 'get_header_values' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as an author, if the administrator previously grants access in the plugin settings, to modify their user role by supplying the 'wp_capabilities-\u003ecus1' parameter.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"WP Ultimate CSV Importer \u003c= 7.9.8 - Arbitrary Usermeta Update to Authenticated (Author+) Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2023-4140","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"WP Ultimate CSV Importer \u003c= 7.9.8 - Authenticated (Author+) PHP File Creation to Remote Code Execution","id":"CVE-2023-4141"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"WP Ultimate CSV Importer \u003c= 7.9.8 - Sensitive Information Exposure via Directory Listing","id":"CVE-2023-4139"},"products":["WP Ultimate CSV Importer – Import CSV, XML \u0026 Excel into WordPress"],"published":"2023-08-04","related":[{"cvss_score":8,"headline":"WP Ultimate CSV Importer \u003c= 7.9.8 - Authenticated (Author+) PHP File Creation to Remote Code Execution","id":"CVE-2023-4141","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-08-04"},{"cvss_score":8,"headline":"WP Ultimate CSV Importer \u003c= 7.9.8 - Authenticated (Author+) Remote Code Execution","id":"CVE-2023-4142","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-08-04"},{"cvss_score":7.5,"headline":"WP Ultimate CSV Importer \u003c= 7.9.8 - Sensitive Information Exposure via Directory Listing","id":"CVE-2023-4139","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-08-04"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-04-08","vendors":["smackcoders"]},"summary":"Authenticated authors can escalate privileges to administrator by modifying user metadata if plugin access is granted.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4140/"}