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.

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Thu, 21 May 2026 15:30:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description 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.
Title Divi Form Builder <= 5.1.2 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via 'role'
Weaknesses CWE-269
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-21T14:16:06.460Z

Reserved: 2026-03-30T03:45:32.729Z

Link: CVE-2026-5118

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-21T14:16:01.280Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-05-21T13:16:20.013

Modified: 2026-05-21T15:19:30.540

Link: CVE-2026-5118

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Updated: 2026-05-21T13:30:11Z

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