User Profile Builder <= 4.0.3 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'display_name' Parameter

Summary

The User Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'display_name' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.3 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. The payload persists in wp_comments.comment_author independently of the user account, so removing or changing the attacker's display name after the comment is posted does not neutralize the stored script.

Timeline

1. Oct 16, 2026, 5:30 AM UTCCVE published
2. Oct 16, 2026, 2:34 PM UTCCISA SSVC assessment

   Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

3. Oct 16, 2026, 2:39 PM UTCRecord last updated

Affected versions

• cozmoslabs User Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor

  through 4.0.3

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