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CVE-2026-111982: Profile Builder < 4.0.5 - Multisite Subsite Admin+ Network Super Admin Account Takeover via Edit Profile Email Change
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-10-23 · updated 2026-10-23
- Weakness: CWE-269
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.
Affected products
- cozmoslabs User Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor: before 4.0.5 — fixed in 4.0.5
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: cozmoslabs User Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor 4.0.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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