CVE-2026-111982

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

Unscored

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.

Assigner
WPScan
Published
2026-10-23
Updated
2026-10-23
Reserved
2026-10-17

Affected

VendorProductVersions
Unknown User Profile Builder < 4.0.5 (affected)
others: unaffected

References

Full CVE JSON record (5.2)

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