CVE CVE-2026-8073

CVE-2026-8073

WordPress

Severity: HIGH
CVSS: 7.5CVSS
Published: 2026-05-19
Last modified: 2026-05-19
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE: CWE-23

Description

The Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation and missing capability check in the 'downloadZIP' function in all versions up to, and including, 6.0.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read and delete arbitrary files limited in the WordPress uploads base directory.

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.0.1/includes/API.php#L60
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3535640/kirki/trunk/includes/API.php
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b073edd0-3f40-423e-976e-996b29caf66e?source=cve

Summary

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