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CVE-2026-6431: CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in cozmoslabs User Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor

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VulnerabilityCVE-2026-6431cvecve-2026-6431cwe-79
Published: 09/07/2026 (09/07/2026, 12:29:05 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: cozmoslabs
Product: User Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor

Description

The User Profile Builder plugin for WordPress contains a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the 'Biographical Info' meta field. This vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 3.15.7. It allows unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts that execute when users view the affected pages. The vulnerability arises from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping.

CVSS v3.1

Score 7.2high

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected software

Affected versions
<=3.15.7

AI-Powered Analysis

Machine-generated threat intelligence

AILast updated: 09/07/2026, 13:07:22 UTC

Technical Analysis

CVE-2026-6431 is a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the User Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor WordPress plugin by cozmoslabs. The flaw exists in the handling of the 'Biographical Info' meta field parameter, where input is not properly sanitized or escaped before being rendered on web pages. This enables unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute in the context of users visiting the injected pages. The vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 3.15.7. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 7.2, indicating high severity with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges or user interaction required, and impacts confidentiality and integrity with no availability impact.

Potential Impact

Successful exploitation allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary scripts in the context of users viewing the injected content. This can lead to information disclosure and integrity impacts such as session hijacking or defacement. There is no direct impact on availability. The vulnerability affects confidentiality and integrity of user data.

Mitigation Recommendations

Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is available, users should consider disabling or restricting use of the 'Biographical Info' meta field or apply manual input sanitization and output escaping as a temporary mitigation. Monitor vendor channels for updates.

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Technical Details

Data Version
5.2
Assigner Short Name
Wordfence
Date Reserved
2026-04-16T15:43:08.709Z
Cvss Version
3.1
State
PUBLISHED
Remediation Level
null

Threat ID: 6a9eb39eacd9273b49a323e6

Added to database: 09/07/2026, 12:52:46 UTC

Last enriched: 09/07/2026, 13:07:22 UTC

Last updated: 09/07/2026, 13:32:04 UTC

Views: 5

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