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CVE-2018-11526

The plugin "WordPress Comments Import & Export" for WordPress (v2.0.4 and before) is vulnerable to CSV Injection.

EXPLOITHIGH 7.8EPSS 4.96%

Does this matter?

A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 5.0%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.

Description

The plugin "WordPress Comments Import & Export" for WordPress (v2.0.4 and before) is vulnerable to CSV Injection.

CVSS 3.0
7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
4.96% probability · 92th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · first 25 June 2018
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-1236
Affected
webtoffee/wordpress comments import and export
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%5%10%21 September 2026: 6.47%22 September 2026: 5.14%27 October 2026: 4.96%21 September 202627 October 2026

EPSS moved from 6.5% on 21 September 2026 to 5.0% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-44940source ↗WordPress Plugin Comments Import & Export < 2.0.4 - CSV Injectionphp · Bhushan B. Patilwebapps25 June 2018no

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.