Vulnerability Report

CVE-2026-5118

Title: Divi Form Builder Privilege Escalation

Privilege Escalation

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2026-5118

CWE Category CWE-269
Published Date May 21, 2026
Modified Date May 21, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 9.8 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.45%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2026-5118: 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.

Impacted Vendors

Analysis in Progress...

Reference Links

https://diviengine.com/divi-form-builder-changelog/ https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/72154404-f956-4ea2-96ec-166ade87885f?source=cve
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity CRITICAL
9.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2026-5118 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

GitHub https://github.com/puj790201-lab/CVE-2026-5118
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GitHub https://github.com/zycoder0day/CVE-2026-5118
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GitHub https://github.com/Yucaerin/CVE-2026-5118
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MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.