High severity · published Oct 7, 2026
CVE-2026-102173
Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer <= 6.3.1 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Registration Metadata
7.2
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via registration metadata in all versions up to, and including, 6.3.1 This is due to insufficient escaping in `ExceptionalElements::image_element()`, which concatenates a user-meta value straight into an `<img src="…">` attribute. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute whenever a user accesses a page rendering a Kirki users collection whose image element is bound to one of the nine registration meta fields. Requires public user registration to be enabled and a published page carrying a `kirki-register` element, which prints the required element nonce into the public markup.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 30% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KF
Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer · themeum
through 6.3.1 · source: vendor
Affected product
KF
Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer
themeum
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-102173
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-102173
www.wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/368001e9-3806-41d5-902e-0facf7fb31ff?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.3.1/includes/Frontend/Preview/ExceptionalElements.php#L1184
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.3.1/includes/Frontend/Preview/ExceptionalElements.php#L1079
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.3.1/includes/HelperFunctions.php#L1151
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.3.1/ComponentLibrary/controller/CompLibFormHandler.php#L361
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.3.1/ComponentLibrary/controller/CompLibFormHandler.php#L389
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