CVE-2026-5118 | The Divi Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to … | CVSS 9.8 CRITICAL

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.

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2026-5118
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 2026-03-30 03:45 UTC
Published: 2026-05-21 11:32 UTC
Last updated: 2026-05-21 14:16 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-269
CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
Vendor / Product: Divi Engine / Divi Form Builder
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

9.8 CRITICAL CVSS 3.1

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

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Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Tech. Impact: total

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
Divi Engine	Divi Form Builder	—	0 ≤ 5.1.2

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
CWE-269	cna	CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

CVSS scores (1)

Score	Severity	Version	Source	Vector
9.8	CRITICAL	3.1	cna	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References (2)