---
id: "CVE-2026-97296"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-97296"]
title: "Gravity Forms: untrusted data deserialization lets attackers inject objects"
severity: "high"
cvss: 8.1
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["gravity-forms", "package", "wordpress"]
not_affected_if: ["updated-to-3.1.1"]
published_at: "2026-10-16T07:17:14+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T21:57:12+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-25T03:06:45+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97296", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T21:57:12+00:00"}]
---

# Gravity Forms: untrusted data deserialization lets attackers inject objects

Gravity Forms, a WordPress form plugin, deserializes untrusted data, which allows PHP object injection. An attacker who can reach the affected code path can potentially trigger unintended code behavior on the site.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## How to check

- Check the installed Gravity Forms version in the WordPress admin plugins list or in the plugin's main file header.
- unknown

## Fix

- Update Gravity Forms to `3.1.1` or later.
- unknown

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T21:57:12+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97296

## From the sources

Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in Rocketgenius, Inc Gravity Forms gravityforms allows Object Injection.This issue affects Gravity Forms: from n/a before 3.1.1.

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