WordPress Profile Builder plugin <= 4.0.4 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability

published 2026-10-22 18 d ago modified 2026-10-25 14 d ago also EUVD-2026-108067

cvss: 8.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 25%
public exploits: 0; none known

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Cozmoslabs Profile Builder profile-builder allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Profile Builder: from n/a through 4.0.4.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Cozmoslabs Profile Builder 4.0.5

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 18 d ago (2026-10-22)

Exploit prediction

0.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 25% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Cozmoslabs Profile Builder

Classification

Weakness

CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

patchstack.com /database/wordpress/plugin/profile-builder/vulnerability/wordpress-profile-builder-plugin-4-0-4-privilege-esca
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2026-112242
NVD CVE-2026-112242

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Summary