CVE-2026-8206

CRITICAL 9.8

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

CVSS Score

9.8

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

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.

CWE	CWE-269
Vendor	themeum
Product	kirki – freeform page builder, website builder & customizer
Published	Jun 2, 2026
Last Updated	Jun 2, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Integrity

Availability

Affected Versions

themeum / Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer

6.0.0 ≤ 6.0.6

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

Credits

CHOIGYEONGMIN