Knit Pay <= 9.6.1.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via Gravity Forms Role Field

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-89426
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerWordfence
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-09-25 08:16:40 UTC
Updated2026-09-25 14:17:21 UTC
DescriptionThe Knit Pay – Cashfree, Instamojo, Razorpay, PayPal and more plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 9.6.1.0. This is due to the `maybe_update_user_role()` function reading the target role directly from an attacker-controlled Gravity Forms entry field — configured via the feed's `user_role_field_id` — and passing it to `WP_User::set_role()` without validating the supplied value against an allowlist of permitted roles. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to elevate their privileges to administrator by tampering with the hidden role field value at form submission time. Exploitation is further enabled by the fact that $0 orders are synchronously marked as SUCCESS during form submission without requiring a real payment, and when no GF User Registration user can be resolved, the role assignment target falls back to `$lead['created_by']` — the currently authenticated submitter's own user ID — making any authenticated form submitter an eligible exploitation target.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 8.8 HIGH from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.004750000 probability, percentile 0.386260000 (date 2026-09-27)

Problem Types: CWE-269 | CWE-269 CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary8.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1CNADECLARED8.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Knitpay Knit Pay Cashfree Instamojo Razorpay PayPal And More affected 9.6.1.0 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset [email protected] plugins.trac.wordpress.org
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/knit-pay/tags/9.4.0.1/packages/wp-pay-extensions/grav... [email protected] plugins.trac.wordpress.org
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/knit-pay/tags/9.6.1.0/packages/wp-pay-extensions/grav... [email protected] plugins.trac.wordpress.org
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/knit-pay/tags/9.4.0.1/packages/wp-pay-extensions/grav... [email protected] plugins.trac.wordpress.org
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/knit-pay/tags/9.4.0.1/packages/wp-pay-extensions/grav... [email protected] plugins.trac.wordpress.org
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/knit-pay/tags/9.6.1.0/packages/wp-pay-extensions/grav... [email protected] plugins.trac.wordpress.org
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/knit-pay/tags/9.6.1.0/packages/wp-pay-extensions/grav... [email protected] plugins.trac.wordpress.org
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/knit-pay/tags/9.4.0.1/packages/wp-pay-extensions/grav... [email protected] plugins.trac.wordpress.org
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ee5df686-7bf8-42cc-9356-92570... [email protected] www.wordfence.com
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/knit-pay/tags/9.6.1.0/packages/wp-pay-extensions/grav... [email protected] plugins.trac.wordpress.org
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Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: moonge (en)

Additional Advisory Data

SourceTimeEvent
CNA2026-09-21T07:48:40.000ZVendor Notified
CNA2026-09-24T18:42:55.000ZDisclosed

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