Description
The User Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via First Name Field in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This vulnerability is only exploitable when the Email Confirmation feature is enabled in Profile Builder.
Published: 2026-10-16
Score: 7.2 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Stored XSS
Action: Patch
AI Analysis

Impact

The User Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor plugin for WordPress contains a stored Cross‑Site Scripting flaw that can be triggered by unauthenticated attackers when the Email Confirmation feature is active. Attackers can store malicious JavaScript in the First Name field because the plugin fails to sanitize or escape input before saving. The stored script is then executed in the browsers of users who view the affected profile page, providing the attacker with the ability to run arbitrary client‑side code.

Affected Systems

The plugin User Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor by cozmoslabs runs on WordPress sites. All releases up to and including version 4.0.3 contain the flaw, and the vulnerability is only exploitable when the Email Confirmation feature is turned on.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS base score of 7.2 characterizes the flaw as high severity. The EPSS score is not available, and the issue is not listed in CISA KEV. The attack vector is through the public registration or profile entry form; an unauthenticated user can inject malicious content that will be stored and later executed when other users view the profile page.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on October 16, 2026 at 14:11 UTC.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Update the User Profile Builder plugin to the latest version that contains the fix, removing any release 4.0.3 or earlier.
  • If an immediate update is not possible, disable the Email Confirmation feature in the plugin settings to prevent the stored XSS from being persisted.
  • Implement or enable input sanitization and output escaping for the First Name field, for example by applying a filter that strips or escapes JavaScript code before storage.
  • Monitor the site for any unexpected script injection on user profile pages and investigate any anomalies.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on October 16, 2026 at 14:11 UTC.

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History

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


Fri, 16 Oct 2026 05:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The User Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via First Name Field in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This vulnerability is only exploitable when the Email Confirmation feature is enabled in Profile Builder.
Title User Profile Builder <= 4.0.3 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via First Name Field
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

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


Subscriptions

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-16T14:39:03.586Z

Reserved: 2026-09-25T13:40:41.077Z

Link: CVE-2026-100186

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-16T14:34:14.152Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-16T06:17:02.317

Modified: 2026-10-16T15:16:58.640

Link: CVE-2026-100186

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-16T14:15:13Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-79

    Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')