Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published May 21, 2026· Updated May 21, 2026
CVE-2026-5118
CVE-2026-5118
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.
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Affected products
2<=5.1.2+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <=5.1.2
- (no CPE)range: <=5.1.2
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2News mentions
1- Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (May 18, 2026 to May 24, 2026)Wordfence Blog · May 28, 2026