---
title: "CVE-2026-111982: User Profile Builder WordPress Plugin - Broken Access Control"
description: "User Profile Builder WordPress plugin < 4.0.5 contains a broken access control vulnerability caused by lack of authorization verification on front-end Edit Profile form, letting Multisite subsite administrators change any user's email and take over accounts, exploit requires administrator privileges on a subsite."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-111982/
---

# CVE-2026-111982 User Profile Builder WordPress Plugin - Broken Access Control

User Profile Builder WordPress plugin < 4.0.5 contains a broken access control vulnerability caused by lack of authorization verification on front-end Edit Profile form, letting Multisite subsite administrators change any user's email and take over accounts, exploit requires administrator privileges on a subsite.

CVSS base score 7.2 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.26% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-111982)

## Details

Type

Broken Access Control

Impact

Broken Access Control

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published

23 October 2026

Updated

25 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-269](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/269.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to version 4.0.5 or later.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-111982](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-111982)
- [https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b7d1fd86-3927-4cf2-88ed-46401e347320/](https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b7d1fd86-3927-4cf2-88ed-46401e347320/)

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- Whether you run the affected software, and where
- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
- What it would cost the business, ranked into what to fix first

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