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CVE-2026-8206

CRITICAL 9.8 CVSS 3.1
Published
June 2, 2026
Last modified
July 22, 2026
NVD status
Deferred
Reported by
security@wordfence.com
Weakness
CWE-269
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

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.

Affected WordPress components

  • Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer Plugin · kirki
    Confirmed match Active
    From 6.0.0 (including) to 6.0.6 (including)
    View on WordPress.org

A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

  • themeum Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer — From 6.0.0 (including) to 6.0.6 (including)

References

  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.0.4/ComponentLibrary/controller/CompLibFormHandler.php#L330
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.0.4/ComponentLibrary/controller/CompLibFormHandler.php#L48
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.0.4/ComponentLibrary/controller/ElementGenerator.php#L227
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/trunk/ComponentLibrary/controller/CompLibFormHandler.php#L330
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/trunk/ComponentLibrary/controller/CompLibFormHandler.php#L48
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/trunk/ComponentLibrary/controller/ElementGenerator.php#L227
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3530843/kirki
  • www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3b5630bd-5bce-4226-959f-5e81ae69b799?source=cve
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record