CVE-2026-111982

Profile Builder < 4.0.5 - Multisite Subsite Admin+ Network Super Admin Account Takeover via Edit Profile Email Change

Published Oct 23, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 7.2 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The User Profile Builder WordPress plugin before 4.0.5 does not verify that a user is authorized to edit the specific account selected on its front-end Edit Profile form, allowing an Administrator of a Multisite subsite to change any other user's account email, including a Network Super Admin's, and take over that account through the password-reset flow.

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-284
CWE-639
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-269
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-284
CWE-639
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The User Profile Builder WordPress plugin before 4.0.5 does not verify that a user is authorized to edit the specific account selected on its front-end Edit Profile form, allowing an Administrator of a Multisite subsite to change any other user's account email, including a Network Super Admin's, and take over that account through the password-reset flow.
Title Profile Builder < 4.0.5 - Multisite Subsite Admin+ Network Super Admin Account Takeover via Edit Profile Email Change
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
WPScan
Published
Updated
Oct 23, 2026, 10:46 AM
Reserved
Oct 17, 2026, 7:32 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Oct 23, 2026, 6:17 AM
Modified
Oct 23, 2026, 2:20 PM