CVE-2026-8206 (GCVE-0-2026-8206)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-06-02 03:28
Modified
2026-06-02 10:47
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Summary
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
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| themeum | Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer |
Version: 6.0.0 ≤ 6.0.6 |
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Sightings
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