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.
History

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 11:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Themeum kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer
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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.
Title Kirki 6.0.0 - 6.0.6 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via 'handle_forgot_password'
Weaknesses CWE-269
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2026-06-02T03:28:49.326Z

Updated: 2026-06-02T10:47:47.685Z

Reserved: 2026-05-09T01:00:17.472Z

Link: CVE-2026-8206

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-06-02T10:47:43.141Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-06-02T04:17:03.550

Modified: 2026-06-02T13:03:31.153

Link: CVE-2026-8206

cve-icon Redhat

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