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CVE-2026-8206

CVE detail

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.

CVSS 9.8 · CriticalBuzz score 45.11 public exploit repository references

Buzz score

Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 45.1

This all-time snapshot uses the same composite formula as Trending across a 30-year evidence window, rather than a current rolling window.

Buzz score components · mention 24.0 · diversity 16.5 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 4.6

Mention score

24.0

10 evidence mentions in the snapshot

Diversity score

16.5

4 sources across 3 categories

KEV score

0.0

No KEV entry observed

OTX score

0.0

0 OTX pulses

PoC score

4.6

1 repos · best confidence 0.80

Best PoC traction

Maximum stars on a matched PoC repo

Why it matters now

Mention timeline

Total mentions: 0; within the 30d window
Peak daily: 0; highest bucket

Evidence

Source links by recency

Newest mentions first

10 source links · newest first

Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (June 1, 2026 to June 7, 2026)Wordfence
6.0.0 - 6.0.6 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via 'handle_forgot_password' 9.8 CVSS Rating 9.8 (Critical) CVE-ID CVE-2026-8206 Patch Status Patched Published Jun 1, 2026 Affected Software Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer [kirki] Researcher CHOIGYEONGMIN More Details > Multiple ShapedPlugin Plugins Support Board Gravit
vendorwww.wordfence.comJun 11, 2026, 5:13 PM
Kirki, Burst Statistics WordPress Plugin Flaws in Attackers’ CrosshairsSecurityWeek
Threat actors are exploiting vulnerable Kirki and Burst Statistics deployments to elevate privileges and take over websites.
newswww.securityweek.comJun 3, 2026, 1:00 PM
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3b5630bd-5bce-4226-959f-5e81ae69b799?source=cvewww.wordfence.com
No excerpt available.
Patchwww.wordfence.comJun 2, 2026, 4:17 AM
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3530843/kirkiplugins.trac.wordpress.org
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Patchplugins.trac.wordpress.orgJun 2, 2026, 4:17 AM
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/trunk/ComponentLibrary/controller/ElementGenerator.php#L227plugins.trac.wordpress.org
No excerpt available.
Patchplugins.trac.wordpress.orgJun 2, 2026, 4:17 AM
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/trunk/ComponentLibrary/controller/CompLibFormHandler.php#L48plugins.trac.wordpress.org
No excerpt available.
Patchplugins.trac.wordpress.orgJun 2, 2026, 4:17 AM
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/trunk/ComponentLibrary/controller/CompLibFormHandler.php#L330plugins.trac.wordpress.org
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Patchplugins.trac.wordpress.orgJun 2, 2026, 4:17 AM
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.0.4/ComponentLibrary/controller/ElementGenerator.php#L227plugins.trac.wordpress.org
No excerpt available.
Patchplugins.trac.wordpress.orgJun 2, 2026, 4:17 AM
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.0.4/ComponentLibrary/controller/CompLibFormHandler.php#L48plugins.trac.wordpress.org
No excerpt available.
Patchplugins.trac.wordpress.orgJun 2, 2026, 4:17 AM
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.0.4/ComponentLibrary/controller/CompLibFormHandler.php#L330plugins.trac.wordpress.org
No excerpt available.
Patchplugins.trac.wordpress.orgJun 2, 2026, 4:17 AM

Exploit code

Public exploit repository references

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1 repository references · best confidence 0.80 · max 1 stars

amnsecurity/CVE-2026-8206-Kirki-WPMedium confidence
githubRepository topic discovery1 starsDiscovered Jul 16, 2026, 12:51 PM

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Metadata

Canonical fields

NVD status

Deferred

Published

Jun 2, 2026

Modified

Jul 22, 2026

Official record

Authoritative NVD record

CVSS vector

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

CWE IDs

Vendor classifications

Unavailable

How this vector reads

CVSS 3.1 base metrics decoded below. This explanation does not recalculate or change the NVD score.

Attack Vector (AV): Network. The vulnerable system can be reached across network boundaries.
Attack Complexity (AC): Low. No special conditions beyond the attacker-controlled steps are required.
Privileges Required (PR): None. The attacker needs no privileges on the vulnerable system.
User Interaction (UI): None. Exploitation does not require another user to act.
Scope (S): Unchanged. Impacts remain within the vulnerable security authority.
Confidentiality Impact (C): High. There is a total or serious impact to this security property.
Integrity Impact (I): High. There is a total or serious impact to this security property.
Availability Impact (A): High. There is a total or serious impact to this security property.

Signals

Exploitation indicators

0 stored signals · no KEV · 0 OTX pulses