User Profile Builder Plugin up to 4.0.4 on WordPress privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in User Profile Builder Plugin up to 4.0.4. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2026-111982. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in User Profile Builder Plugin up to 4.0.4. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The advisory is shared at wpscan.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-111982 since 10/17/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploitation requires an enhanced level of successful authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 4.0.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.5

VulDB Base Score: 4.7
VulDB Temp Score: 4.5
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

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Upgrade: User Profile Builder Plugin 4.0.5

Timelineinfo

10/17/2026 CVE reserved
10/23/2026 +6 days Advisory disclosed
10/23/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
10/23/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-111982 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-111982
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-425585

Entryinfo

Created: 10/23/2026 08:36
Changes: 10/23/2026 08:36 (54)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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