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CVE-2026-18467

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_…

Scores

9.8
CVSS 9.8 out of 10, critical severity.
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The facts

Published
24 September 2026
Last changed
24 September 2026
NVD status
Deferred
Severity
Critical, CVSS 9.8 out of 10 (version 3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
Known exploited
Not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue in this build.
EPSS
0.4% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days (percentile 32).

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