# CVE-2025-14627: Server-side request forgery in WP Ultimate CSV Importer – Import CSV, XML & Excel into WordPress

> Authenticated contributors can exploit a Bitly redirect bypass to perform server-side requests, potentially exposing internal data or cloud metadata.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Jan 2026
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xvpj-p677-68r9

## What is CVE-2025-14627?

CVE-2025-14627 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in smackcoders WP Ultimate CSV Importer – Import CSV, XML & Excel into WordPress, published on 1 Jan 2026. 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 Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 7.35. This is due to inadequate validation of the resolved URL after following Bitly shortlink redirects in the `upload_function()` method. While the initial URL is validated using `wp_http_validate_url()`, when a Bitly shortlink is detected, the `unshorten_bitly_url()` function follows redirects to the final destination URL without re-validating it. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access or higher to make the server perform HTTP requests to arbitrary internal endpoints, including localhost, private IP ranges, and cloud metadata services (e.g., 169.254.169.254), potentially exposing sensitive internal data.

Weakness: CWE-918 (Server-Side Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14627?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-14627?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14627 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-14627 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14627 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

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Check this codebase for CVE-2025-14627 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-14627 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in smackcoders WP Ultimate CSV Importer – Import CSV, XML & Excel into WordPress, published on 1 Jan 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14627 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: smackcoders WP Ultimate CSV Importer – Import CSV, XML & Excel into WordPress. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14627/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14627/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14627
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14627
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-14627

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14627/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.