CVE-2026-8206 PUBLISHED

Kirki 6.0.0 - 6.0.6 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via 'handle_forgot_password'

Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 09.05.2026 Published: 02.06.2026 Updated: 02.06.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 9.8

Product Status

Vendor themeum
Product Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 6.0.0 to 6.0.6 (incl.)

Credits

  • CHOIGYEONGMIN finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management CWE