CVE-2026-111966: CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in User Profile Builder
Description
The User Profile Builder WordPress plugin before 4.0.5 does not sanitise and escape one of its shortcode attributes before outputting it back in a redirect message, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against higher-privileged users who submit the affected form.
Affected software
User Profile Builder
Weaknesses
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- WPScan
- Date Reserved
- 2026-10-17T17:57:49.814Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6adafb984d27ba8daad77786
Added to database: 10/23/2026, 06:15:52 UTC
Last updated: 10/23/2026, 06:15:52 UTC
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