CVE-2026-16974 PUBLISHED

Kirki - Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer <= 6.2.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via post_meta Shortcode

Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 24.07.2026 Published: 11.08.2026 Updated: 11.08.2026

The Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the post_meta Shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 6.2.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 6.4

Product Status

Vendor themeum
Product Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 6.2.0 (incl.)

Credits

  • Navapon Premkasem (71C4) (71C4) finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') CWE