CVE-2026-8206
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.
Weakness
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.
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.0.4/ComponentLibrary/controller/CompLibFormHandler.php#L330
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.0.4/ComponentLibrary/controller/CompLibFormHandler.php#L48
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.0.4/ComponentLibrary/controller/ElementGenerator.php#L227
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/trunk/ComponentLibrary/controller/CompLibFormHandler.php#L330
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/trunk/ComponentLibrary/controller/CompLibFormHandler.php#L48
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/trunk/ComponentLibrary/controller/ElementGenerator.php#L227
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