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High 8.8Published Oct 7, 2026

CVE-2026-87782Koinonia Link 1.1.2 - 1.1.4 - Subscriber+ Privilege Escalation to Administrator

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It affects Unknown Koinonia Link. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.23%, higher than 13% of scored CVEs.

The Koinonia Link WordPress plugin before 1.1.5 does not check that a user is allowed to change roles before saving a role selection submitted with a profile update, allowing any authenticated user, such as a subscriber, to grant themselves the Administrator role.

CVSS
8.8 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-269
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
0.23% (percentile 13)
Assigned by
WPScan
NVD analysis
Deferred
Record last updated
Oct 7, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
Unknown Koinonia Link
unknown:koinonia_link (from the name)
from 1.1.2 before 1.1.5
CNA record

References

  • exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description

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