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.
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Thu, 17 Sep 2026 06:15:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | Comments Import & Export 2.1.11 - 2.5.3 - Author+ Comment PII Disclosure via Export | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: WPScan
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-17T06:00:11.361Z
Reserved: 2026-09-09T11:18:55.524Z
Link: CVE-2026-87836
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-17T06:16:51.880
Modified: 2026-09-17T06:16:51.880
Link: CVE-2026-87836
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