High severity · published Oct 23, 2026
CVE-2026-111982
Profile Builder < 4.0.5 - Multisite Subsite Admin+ Network Super Admin Account Takeover via Edit Profile Email Change
New
7.2
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 27% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
UP
User Profile Builder ·
before 4.0.5 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-111982
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-111982
wpscan.com
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b7d1fd86-3927-4cf2-88ed-46401e347320/
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