Medium severity · published Sep 25, 2026
CVE-2026-93656
User Profile Builder <= 4.0.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Avatar Field
6.4
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The User Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Avatar Field in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This is exploitable via a nonce-free GET request to /wp-admin/profile.php, requiring no profile-form submission; a Subscriber can plant the malicious attachment URL, which then executes when an administrator opens that user's Edit User screen.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 9% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
UP
User Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor · cozmoslabs
through 4.0.2 · source: vendor
Affected product
UP
User Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor
cozmoslabs
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-93656
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-93656
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profile-builder/tags/4.0.2/front-end/default-fields/avatar/avatar.php#L43
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profile-builder/tags/4.0.2/front-end/default-fields/avatar/avatar.php#L67
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profile-builder/tags/4.0.2/front-end/default-fields/avatar/avatar.php#L75
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profile-builder/tags/4.0.2/front-end/default-fields/fields-functions.php#L30
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/profile-builder/tags/4.0.2/front-end/default-fields/upload/upload_helper_functions.php#L286
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3708665/profile-builder
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