CVE-2026-12240 PUBLISHED

Export User Data <= 2.2.6 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) PHP Object Injection to Arbitrary File Deletion via display_name Field

Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 15.06.2026 Published: 30.06.2026 Updated: 30.06.2026

The Export User Data plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the unserialize function in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.6. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to delete arbitrary files on the server, which can easily lead to remote code execution when the right file is deleted (such as wp-config.php). Successful exploitation requires an administrator to trigger a user data export while a subscriber-level (or higher) user has stored a crafted serialized XLSXWriter object payload as their display name.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 8

Product Status

Vendor qlstudio
Product Export User Data
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 2.2.6 (incl.)

Credits

  • Webbernaut finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data CWE