CVE-2026-18467 (GCVE-0-2026-18467)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-24 01:27 – Updated: 2026-09-24 15:04
VLAI
Title
Paytium: Mollie payment forms & donations <= 5.0.3 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via 'pt_form_field[pt-user-role]' Parameter
Summary
The Paytium: Mollie payment forms & donations plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.3. The 5.0.3 patch introduced a wp_hash()/hash_equals() signature gate on the pt-paytium-user-data field, but left a second filter — pt_cf_checkout_meta(), registered on the pt_meta_values hook after the signed builder — that copies every $_POST['pt_form_field'][*] key verbatim into the payment meta array without any signature verification; this allows the pt-user-role value it copies to overwrite the signed path's output, after which paytium_user_data_processing() reads the persisted _pt-user-role post meta and passes it directly as the role argument to wp_insert_user(). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register a new WordPress account with the administrator role and fully take over the site. Exploitation requires submitting a payment through a publicly-exposed [paytium] shortcode form and completing the resulting payment flow, after which the attacker can seize the new administrator account via the standard lost-password flow on their supplied email address.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-24 14:38 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
Wordfence CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 65/100 over 2458 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
paytiumsupport Paytium: Mollie payment forms & donations Affected: 0 , ≤ 5.0.3 (semver)
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Credits
Aydan Arabadzha
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