CVE-2026-84220 PUBLISHED

Kirki < 6.3.2 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via Comments Collection

Assigner: WPScan
Reserved: 01.09.2026 Published: 09.10.2026 Updated: 09.10.2026

The Kirki WordPress plugin before 6.3.2 does not prevent shortcodes held in comments from being executed when it renders them, and displays comments regardless of their moderation status, allowing unauthenticated visitors to run shortcodes registered on the site and to read private custom fields of the page being viewed.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 4.8

Product Status

Vendor Unknown
Product Kirki
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 6.3.2 (excl.)

Credits

  • Karthik Ramakrishnan finder
  • WPScan coordinator

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection') CWE