CVE-2025-10040 Missing authorization in WP Ultimate CSV Importer – Import CSV, XML & Excel into WordPress
Authenticated subscribers can retrieve configured SFTP/FTP credentials due to a missing capability check in the WP Import 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-2025-10040?
CVE-2025-10040 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in smackcoders WP Ultimate CSV Importer – Import CSV, XML & Excel into WordPress, published on 10 Sep 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The WP Import – Ultimate CSV XML Importer for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the 'get_ftp_details' AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 7.27. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to retrieve a configured set of SFTP/FTP credentials.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-10040?
How do I fix CVE-2025-10040?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-10040 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-2025-10040 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-10040 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wc9c-673f-726h.