CVE-2026-75965 User Profile Builder <= 4.0.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'date' Shortcode Attribute
Authenticated contributors can inject arbitrary scripts via the date shortcode attribute, requiring a specific admin setting to be enabled.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-75965?
CVE-2026-75965 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in cozmoslabs User Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor, published on 1 Sep 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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 'date' Shortcode Attribute in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This requires the wppb_toolbox_shortcodes_settings[format-date] option to be set to 'yes' by an administrator for the shortcode to be active and the vulnerability to be exploitable.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-75965?
How do I fix CVE-2026-75965?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-75965 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2026-75965 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-75965 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-m493-6w87-3cfv.