Plugins · wordpress-importer · data as of 2026-11-01
Is WordPress Importer safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version
- Latest version
- 0.9.7
- Last updated
- 2026-10-20
- Active installs
- 2+ million
- Known issues on record
- 1
- Unpatched in latest
- 0
- Tested up to WP
- 6.8.12 · PHP 7.2+
Import posts, pages, comments, custom fields, categories, tags and more from a WordPress export file. — by WordPress.org
What to do
- Update to the latest version (0.9.7). Anything older than 0.8.4 has at least one known issue listed below. Dashboard → Updates, or Plugins → “update now”.
- If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can.
- Turn on auto-updates for it: Plugins → “Enable auto-updates” on its row.
- If you ran a vulnerable version and something looks off (spam pages, strange admins, redirects), run the free scan.
With WP-CLI: wp plugin get wordpress-importer --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update wordpress-importer updates it.
Check your version
Known vulnerabilities
1 on record, newest first. “Affected” is the version range the source gives; “fixed in” is the version the source names, or (marked *) the first wordpress.org release after the last affected version.
high 7.2 CVE-2024-13889 · published 2025-03-26
PHP object injection in WordPress Importer (0.8.3 and older)
- Affected
- 0.8.3 and older
- Fixed in
- 0.8.4 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs an admin-level account
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence
Details from the advisory
The WordPress Importer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in all versions up to, and including, 0.8.3 via deserialization of untrusted input in the 'maybe_unserialize' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to inject a PHP Object. No known POP chain is present in the vulnerable software, which means this vulnerability has no impact unless another plugin or theme containing a POP chain is installed on the site. If a POP chain is present via an additional plugin or theme installed on the target system, it may allow the attacker to perform actions like delete arbitrary files, retrieve sensitive data, or execute code depending on the POP chain present.
NVD CVE-2024-13889Wordfence advisoryCode change (fix)Plugin source
Recent activity
- 2026-10-20 — latest release on wordpress.org (0.9.7).
- 2025-03-26 — PHP object injection disclosed (CVE-2024-13889), fixed in 0.8.4.
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Where this data comes from
- Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-importer (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-01.
- Vulnerabilities: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-01. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- Each record links to its CVE page and to the original advisory (Wordfence, Patchstack or WPScan) where there is one. We only list a CVE here when its references or its advisory name this exact plugin, so a few real issues may be missing; none should be about a different plugin. Spot an error? Email Daniel.
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