CVE-2026-11397
WP Import Export Lite <= 3.9.30 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Server-Side Request Forgery via 'file_url' Parameter
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Wordfence
Description
The WP Import Export Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to and including 3.9.30 via the wpie_import_upload_file_from_url AJAX action. The plugin's URL downloader first calls wp_safe_remote_get() (which correctly blocks private/reserved IP ranges), but when that call returns a WP_Error — the exact outcome for any blocked internal host — the Download::download_file() method falls back to GuzzleHttp\Client::request() with the original attacker-supplied URL and no SSRF protection (and with TLS verification disabled). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application and can be used to query and modify information from internal services such as the cloud metadata endpoint at 169.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| WordfenceCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.39% · top 67% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
vjinfotech · WP Import Export Lite
- affected ≤ 3.9.30
References (6)
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/94384812-fa6e-48db-a84a-b1769e62ca58?source=cve (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-import-export-lite/tags/3.9.30/includes/classes/import/downloader/download.php#L97 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-import-export-lite/tags/3.9.30/includes/classes/import/downloader/download.php#L31 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-import-export-lite/tags/3.9.30/includes/classes/import/extensions/url-upload/wpie_url_upload.php#L44 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-import-export-lite/tags/3.9.30/includes/classes/import/extensions/url-upload/class-wpie-url-upload.php#L29 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-import-export-lite/trunk/includes/classes/import/downloader/download.php?rev=3587811 (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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