---
id: "CVE-2026-112242"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-112242"]
title: "Profile Builder WordPress plugin: flaw lets users escalate their privileges"
severity: "high"
cvss: 8.8
epss: 0.00232
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["package", "profile-builder", "self-hosted", "wordpress"]
not_affected_if: ["plugin-not-installed", "version-above-4.0.4"]
published_at: "2026-10-22T09:17:14+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T21:57:30+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-24T07:15:52+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-112242", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T21:57:30+00:00"}, {"source": "epss", "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-112242", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-24T07:15:52+00:00"}]
---

# Profile Builder WordPress plugin: flaw lets users escalate their privileges

Profile Builder, a WordPress plugin by Cozmoslabs, has an incorrect privilege assignment flaw that allows privilege escalation. An attacker with a site account could gain higher rights than they should have, such as admin-level access.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## How to check

Check the installed Profile Builder version in the WordPress plugins screen or wp-content/plugins/profile-builder; versions through 4.0.4 are affected.

## Fix

Update Profile Builder to a version later than 4.0.4 (the patched version is not named in the sources; unknown).

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T21:57:30+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-112242
- 2026-10-24T07:15:52+00:00 epss https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-112242

## From the sources

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.

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