CVE-2026-87836 (GCVE-0-2026-87836)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-17 06:00 – Updated: 2026-09-17 12:28
VLAI
Title
Comments Import & Export 2.1.11 - 2.5.3 - Author+ Comment PII Disclosure via Export
Summary
The Comments Import & Export WordPress plugin before 2.5.4 does not restrict its comment export to users able to moderate comments, nor scope the export to content owned by the requesting user, allowing users with the Author role and above to retrieve every comment on the site, including commenter email addresses, IP addresses, unapproved comment content and comment meta.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-17 12:12 UTC
CWE
References
URL Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ed416bc1-27b7-48… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown Comments Import & Export Affected: 2.1.11 , < 2.5.4 (semver)
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