---
id: CVE-2026-3139
title: >-
  The User Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles &
  User Role Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object
  Reference in versions up to, and including, 3.15.5 via the
  wppb_save_avatar_value…
summary: >-
  The User Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles &
  User Role Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object
  Reference in versions up to, and including, 3.15.5 via the
  wppb_save_avatar_value…
severity: medium
cvss: 4.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-639
published: '2026-03-31'
updated: '2026-07-25'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-3139'
references:
  - url: 'https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3481772/profile-builder'
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/760f7736-db49-4210-a2f3-3abb506106d7?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00264
epssPercentile: 0.16268
ingestedAt: '2026-07-25T10:53:53.582Z'
---

## Overview

The User Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in versions up to, and including, 3.15.5 via the wppb_save_avatar_value() function due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to reassign ownership of arbitrary posts and attachments by changing 'post_author'.

## Remediation

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