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.
Published: 2026-05-21
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Fri, 22 May 2026 13:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Divi Engine
Divi Engine divi Form Builder
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Divi Engine
Divi Engine divi Form Builder
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


Thu, 21 May 2026 12:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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
References
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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Divi Engine Divi Form Builder
Wordpress Wordpress
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: 2026-06-17T10:58:27.687

Link: CVE-2026-5118

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-22T12:38:44Z

Weaknesses