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
Strategic Overview
<= 3.15.5CVE-2026-3139Vulnerability Overview
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'.
Technical Analysis
REMEDIATION: Update to version 3.15.6, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key) The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data.
External References
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