CVE-2026-8206
Kirki 6.0.0 - 6.0.6 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via 'handle_forgot_password'
- Published
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- 5 proofs of concept on GitHub
CISA's decision points: whether it is exploited, whether attacks can be automated, and how much control an attacker gets. Assessed (SSVC 2.0.3).What do these mean? →
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: yes
- Technical impact: total
Summary
The Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions 6.0.0 to 6.0.6. This is due to the plugin accepting an arbitrary email address when a username is used in the password reset request. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to send a password reset link for any user registered on the site to their own email address.
Timeline
- CVE published
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- themeum Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer
From 6.0.0 · through 6.0.6
References 13
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- browser/kirki/tags/6.0.4/ComponentLibrary/controller/CompLibFormHandler.php#L330
- browser/kirki/trunk/ComponentLibrary/controller/CompLibFormHandler.php#L330
- browser/kirki/trunk/ComponentLibrary/controller/CompLibFormHandler.php#L48
- browser/kirki/tags/6.0.4/ComponentLibrary/controller/CompLibFormHandler.php#L48
- browser/kirki/trunk/ComponentLibrary/controller/ElementGenerator.php#L227
- browser/kirki/tags/6.0.4/ComponentLibrary/controller/ElementGenerator.php#L227
- changeset/3530843/kirki