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Vulnerability · Published Jun 2, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence

CVE-2026-8206Kirki 6.0.0 - 6.0.6 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via 'handle_forgot_password'

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-severity privilege mismanagement in Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer from themeum. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.3% (higher than 70% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)1.3%top 29.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack tooling1Public PoC

Official 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 products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
themeum Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer 6.0.0 – through 6.0.6

Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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