High severity · published Oct 24, 2026
CVE-2026-115807
User Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor <= 4.0.3 - Authenticated (Author+) Limited Privilege Escalation via Gutenberg Block 'Assigned Role' Attribute
New
7.1
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The User Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Limited Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.3. This is due to the Gutenberg Register block passing the attacker-controlled Assigned Role attribute directly into the `[wppb-register]` shortcode without server-side authorization. The role guard in the form builder only downgrades roles that carry the manage_options or remove_users capability, leaving the Editor role and other privileged non-Administrator roles completely unrestricted. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with Author-level access and above to create new WordPress accounts bearing the Editor role (or any other role that lacks the two guarded capabilities).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 11% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
UP
User Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor · cozmoslabs
through 4.0.3 · source: vendor
Affected product
UP
User Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor
cozmoslabs
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-115807
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-115807
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3741133/profile-builder
www.wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/21931b7b-3c3d-4297-878e-bc0f187557a0?source=cve
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