CVE-2025-10040

WP Import – Ultimate CSV XML Importer for WordPress <= 7.27 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) FTP/SFTP Credential Exposure

2025-09-09 17:59
Arkadiusz Hydzik

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 7.28
Affected Plugin
WP Ultimate CSV Importer – WordPress CSV, XML & Excel Import
Affected Version
<= 7.27
CVSS
7.7High
Weakness type
CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
CVE
CVE-2025-10040
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At a glance

CVE-2025-10040 is a high-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the WP Ultimate CSV Importer WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 7.27. It carries a CVSS score of 7.7 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality impact). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Subscriber level or above. The issue is fixed in version 7.28; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed September 2025, reported by Arkadiusz Hydzik.

Vulnerability Overview

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.

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 interaction from a victim user. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality.

CWE-862: Missing Authorization

WP Ultimate CSV Importer <= 7.27 carries this weakness at get_ftp_details, and reaching it takes an account at Subscriber level or above. A missing authorization check means a function is reachable by anyone who can reach the endpoint, because the code never asks whether the caller is allowed to perform the action.

Any user who can reach the endpoint gets to run an action reserved for higher-privileged roles, from reading protected data to changing settings or content. For WP Ultimate CSV Importer the fix is 7.28: builds <= 7.27 are affected, anything from 7.28 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 7.28, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

Because it turns on account access, WordSec's login security is the relevant layer: role-based two-factor, captcha and brute-force limits raise the cost of getting the account this needs. None of that substitutes for the fix: WP Ultimate CSV Importer 7.28 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Login Security
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-10040https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9bcdcaa4-c492-4d79-8d18-44802abd02e7https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-10040

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