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CVE-2026-5118 (GCVE-0-2026-5118)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-21 11:32 – Updated: 2026-05-21 14:16

Title

Divi Form Builder <= 5.1.2 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via 'role'

Summary

The Divi Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 5.1.2. This is due to the plugin accepting a user-controlled 'role' parameter from POST data during user registration without validating it against the form's configured default_user_role setting. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create administrator accounts by tampering with the role parameter during registration.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management

Assigner

Wordfence

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
https://diviengine.com/divi-form-builder-changelog/

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Divi Engine	Divi Form Builder	Affected: 0 , ≤ 5.1.2 (semver)

Credits

Jude Nwadinobi

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FKIE_CVE-2026-5118

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-05-21 13:16 - Updated: 2026-06-17 10:58

Severity

9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

References

	URL	Tags
	security@wordfence.com	https://diviengine.com/divi-form-builder-changelog/
	security@wordfence.com	https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/72154404-f956-4ea2-96ec-166ade87885f?source=cve

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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GHSA-75VQ-PPVV-FRH3

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-21 15:34 – Updated: 2026-05-21 15:34

Details

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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  "modified": "2026-05-21T15:34:09Z",
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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}

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Nomenclature

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CVE-2026-5118 (GCVE-0-2026-5118)

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