---
id: CVE-2026-111982
title: >-
  Profile Builder < 4.0.5 - Multisite Subsite Admin+ Network Super Admin Account
  Takeover via Edit Profile Email Change
summary: >-
  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
  ot…
severity: high
cvss: 7.2
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cvssSource: adp
cwe:
  - CWE-269
product: User Profile Builder
affected:
  - user_profile_builder < 4.0.5
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-10-23T10:38:50.321038Z'
published: '2026-10-23'
updated: '2026-10-23'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-23T10:46:04.193Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-111982'
references:
  - url: 'https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b7d1fd86-3927-4cf2-88ed-46401e347320/'
tags:
  - cve.org
ingestedAt: '2026-10-23T06:17:25.170Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Affected

- `user_profile_builder < 4.0.5`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.