๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-84220

MEDIUM 4.8

Kirki < 6.3.2 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via Comments Collection

CVSS Score
4.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

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.

Vendor unknown
Product kirki
Published Oct 9, 2026
Last Updated Oct 9, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Affected Versions

Unknown / Kirki
0 < 6.3.2

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
wpscan.com: https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e5cfd004-dd57-4d42-858c-fbb9b9e320f6/

Credits

Karthik Ramakrishnan WPScan