WordPress security changelog
CRITICAL CVE-2026-8206 Deferred

Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer: Privilege escalation or authentication bypass

Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer is affected by privilege escalation or authentication bypass. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. A successful request can grant permissions or access that the caller should not possess. The published affected range is 6.0.0 through 6.0.6.

CVE / CNA score 9.8 CVSS 3.1 · security@wordfence.com
NVD score Pending NVD has not published its own CVSS assessment.
Component
Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer
Plugin slug
kirki
Affected
6.0.0 through 6.0.6
Safe version
6.0.7
Published
Jun 02, 2026
Weakness
CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

This CVE was published Jun 02, 2026 and is one of 42 known issues for this plugin.

What to do

Update, patch or deactivate.

The official author release notes confirm remediation by 6.0.7; this does not establish that every intervening release was affected. Update the affected edition to 6.0.7 or a later maintained release on its supported branch. Official author release notes: https://wordpress.org/plugins/kirki/.

A safe version is available, so updating to that version or later is the preferred remediation. If an immediate update is not practical, consider a targeted application patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Source record

Technical 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.

CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Primary and upstream sources