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.
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Fri, 23 Oct 2026 11:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-269
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 23 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-284
CWE-639

Fri, 23 Oct 2026 06:15:00 +0000

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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.
Title Profile Builder < 4.0.5 - Multisite Subsite Admin+ Network Super Admin Account Takeover via Edit Profile Email Change
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-23T10:46:04.193Z

Reserved: 2026-10-17T19:32:24.055Z

Link: CVE-2026-111982

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-23T10:37:29.876Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-23T06:17:06.097

Modified: 2026-10-23T12:18:09.740

Link: CVE-2026-111982

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-23T07:45:17Z

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