CVE-2025-12894

Import WP – Export and Import CSV and XML files to WordPress <= 2.14.17 - Unauthenticated Information Exposure

2025-11-20 18:54

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 2.14.18
Affected Plugin: Import WP – CSV & XML Import Export for WordPress
Affected Version: <= 2.14.17
CVSS: 5.3Medium
Weakness type: CWE-552 · Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties
CVE: CVE-2025-12894

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At a glance

CVE-2025-12894 is a medium-severity Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties vulnerability in the Import WP WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 2.14.17. It carries a CVSS score of 5.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 2.14.18; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed November 2025, reported by type5afe.

Vulnerability Overview

The Import WP – Export and Import CSV and XML files to WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 2.14.17 via the import/export functionality and a lack of .htaccess protection. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data from exports stored in /exportwp and import data stored in /importwp.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-552: Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties

The product makes files or directories accessible to unauthorized actors, even though they should not be.

Remediation

Update to version 2.14.18, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

Requests carrying this pattern arrive without a session, so nothing upstream of the firewall gets a chance to reject them: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: Import WP 2.14.18 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

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External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-12894 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/28ca9590-dc0b-40c9-9de6-1480094ea8be https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12894

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CVSS Vector

5.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

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