CVE-2024-13232 Missing authorization in WordPress Awesome Import & Export Plugin - Import & Export WordPress Data
Authenticated subscribers can execute arbitrary SQL to create admin accounts due to missing capability checks in the WordPress Awesome Import & Export Plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-13232?
CVE-2024-13232 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in ddeveloper WordPress Awesome Import & Export Plugin - Import & Export WordPress Data, published on 5 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The WordPress Awesome Import & Export Plugin - Import & Export WordPress Data plugin for WordPress is vulnerable arbitrary SQL Execution and privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the renderImport() function in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to execute arbitrary SQL statements that can leveraged to create a new administrative user account.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13232?
How do I fix CVE-2024-13232?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13232 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2024-13232 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13232 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r3x3-q49r-fjqf.