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 the 'Biographical Info' meta field parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.15.7 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.
Published: 2026-09-07
Score: 7.2 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Impact

The User Profile Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to stored cross‑site scripting through the Biographical Info meta field. Insufficient input sanitization and output escaping allow attackers to embed malicious scripts that are stored and later executed whenever a user loads an affected page. This flaw enables arbitrary code execution in the victim’s browser and can lead to session hijacking, defacement, or the execution of additional malicious payloads. The weakness is a classic input‑validation flaw indexed as CWE‑79.

Affected Systems

All WordPress installations running User Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor version 3.15.7 or earlier are affected. The vulnerability persists across all releases up to and including 3.15.7 and is present in any site that uses the Biographical Info meta field via the plugin’s front‑end form.

Risk and Exploitability

With a CVSS score of 7.2 the flaw carries a high severity rating. No EPSS data is available, and the vulnerability is not listed in CISA’s KEV catalog. The likely attack vector is by submitting a crafted value to the Biographical Info field using the plugin’s unauthenticated‑accessible form; the malicious payload is then stored and delivered to any user who views a page containing the user profile.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on September 7, 2026 at 14:15 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Upgrade the User Profile Builder plugin to the latest available version, which removes the vulnerability.
  • If an upgrade is not immediately possible, disable or remove the Biographical Info meta field for unauthenticated users to prevent data injection.
  • Ensure that the server enforces strict input validation and output escaping on all profile fields, especially if custom code interacts with the Biographical Info field.
  • Deploy a web‑application firewall configured to block script injection patterns targeting the Biographical Info field.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on September 7, 2026 at 14:15 UTC.

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History

Mon, 07 Sep 2026 14:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Cozmoslabs
Cozmoslabs user Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Cozmoslabs
Cozmoslabs user Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress

Mon, 07 Sep 2026 12:45:00 +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 the 'Biographical Info' meta field parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.15.7 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.
Title User Profile Builder <= 3.15.7 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'Biographical Info' Meta 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

Cozmoslabs User Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor
Wordpress Wordpress
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-07T12:29:05.397Z

Reserved: 2026-04-16T15:43:08.709Z

Link: CVE-2026-6431

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-07T13:20:36.653

Modified: 2026-09-07T13:20:36.653

Link: CVE-2026-6431

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-07T14:30:17Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-79

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