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User Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor <= 3.15.5 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Post Author Reassignment via Avatar Field

The User Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in versions up to, and including, 3.15.5 via the wppb_save_avatar_value() function due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to reassign ownership of arbitrary posts and attachments by changing 'post_author'.

Published
Mar 30, 2026
Last Updated
Mar 30, 2026
Slug
profile-builder
Detailed Metadata
Software Type Plugin
Software Slug
profile-builder View on wordpress.org
CVE CVE-2026-3139
Patched Versions
3.15.6
Affected Versions
*-3.15.5
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