Critical severity · published Jun 2, 2026
CVE-2026-8206
Kirki 6.0.0 - 6.0.6 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via 'handle_forgot_password'
9.8
CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.3% · higher than 70% 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
6.0.0 through 6.0.6 · source: vendor
In the news
VulnerabilityCritical
Critical Kirki flaw exploited to hijack WordPress admin accounts
Hackers are exploiting a critical privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2026-8206) in the Kirki plugin for WordPress to take over any user account, including those belonging to administrators. [...]
Jun 2, 2026·BleepingComputer
Affected product
KF
Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer
themeum
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8206
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-8206
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.0.4/ComponentLibrary/controller/CompLibFormHandler.php#L330
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.0.4/ComponentLibrary/controller/CompLibFormHandler.php#L48
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.0.4/ComponentLibrary/controller/ElementGenerator.php#L227
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/trunk/ComponentLibrary/controller/CompLibFormHandler.php#L330
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/trunk/ComponentLibrary/controller/CompLibFormHandler.php#L48
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/trunk/ComponentLibrary/controller/ElementGenerator.php#L227
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