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Pronamic Pay vulnerabilities
Pronamic Pay has 1 known vulnerability in this database. The most recent published record is dated 1 Aug 2026.
- Known vulnerabilities
- 1
- Active installs
- 2,000+
- Latest version
- 11.0.0
- Last updated
- 28 Sep 2026
- Most recent
- 1 Aug 2026
Find it in your WordPress dashboard under Plugins. Severity is based on the CVSS score published with the CVE where one is available.
| Vulnerability | Severity | Affected | Fix | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Privilege escalation CVE-2026-16635 | High 8.8 | Up to 10.1.0 | Fixed in a later version (latest 11.0.0) | 1 Aug 2026 |
Read the published descriptions
- CVE-2026-16635, 1 Aug 2026
- The Pronamic Pay plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 10.1.0 This is due to the `maybe_update_user_role()` function passing an attacker-controlled Gravity Forms field value (`$lead[$feed->user_role_field_id]`) directly into `WP_User::set_role()` without any allowlist validation, capability comparison, or permission check to constrain which roles can be assigned. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to escalate their own WordPress account to Administrator by tampering with the role field value in a form submission. Exploitation requires that an administrator has already configured a Pronamic Pay payment feed in Gravity Forms with the **Update User Role** option enabled and mapped to a form field; once that configuration is in place, no further preconditions exist to prevent an authenticated attacker from exploiting this vulnerability. CVE record
What to do if you run Pronamic Pay
If you run Pronamic Pay, open WordPress and check the installed version in Plugins. Compare it with the affected versions in the vulnerability record. If a fixed version is available, take a current backup and update to that version or the latest supported release.
If no fixed version exists, consider disabling and removing the plugin or replacing it with a maintained alternative. After dealing with the affected software, check administrator users, unexpected file changes, redirects, unfamiliar pages and security logs for signs that the site may already have been altered.
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