Kirki <= 6.0.13 - Authenticated (Editor+) Path Traversal to Arbitrary Directory Deletion via 'family' Parameter

4.9
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE CVE-2026-15457
CVSS 4.9 (Medium)
Publicly Published July 16, 2026
Last Updated July 30, 2026
Researcher Wordfence PRISM - Wordfence

Description

The Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 6.0.13 via the 'family' parameter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with editor-level access and above, to delete arbitrary directories on the server, which can result in loss of data and availability. CVE-2026-65436 is likely a duplicate of this.

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Vulnerability Details for Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug kirki (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 6.0.14, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 6.0.13
Patched Version
  • 6.0.14

Recent vulnerabilities in Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer

# Title CVE ID CVSS Researchers Date
1 Kirki - Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer <= 6.2.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via post_meta Shortcode CVE-2026-16974 6.4 Navapon Premkasem (71C4) (71C4) August 10, 2026
2 Kirki <= 6.0.13 - Authenticated (Editor+) Path Traversal to Arbitrary File Write (Zip Slip) CVE-2026-15601 4.9 Wordfence PRISM, cuokon July 31, 2026
3 Kirki <= 6.0.14 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Disclosure via 'context' Parameter CVE-2026-13464 5.3 Abu Hurayra (HurayraIIT) July 23, 2026
4 Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer <= 6.0.12 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection CVE-2026-57724 8.1 VanTastic July 6, 2026
5 Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer <= 6.0.11 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVE-2026-57725 7.2 VanTastic July 6, 2026
6 Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer <= 6.0.12 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection CVE-2026-57726 7.5 daroo July 6, 2026
7 Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer <= 6.1.1 - Missing Authorization CVE-2026-57727 5.3 Psalms Christopher Matovu (ByteOverride) July 6, 2026
8 Kirki <= 6.0.11 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure via kirki_post_apis_nopriv AJAX Action CVE-2026-12122 5.3 Jagadesh Achanta July 1, 2026
9 Kirki <= 6.0.11 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Email Content Injection (Mail Relay / Phishing) via 'emailBody' and 'emailSubject' Parameters CVE-2026-12472 5.3 Niv Kochan, Matan Bahar July 1, 2026
10 Kirki <= 6.0.11 - Missing Authorization CVE-2026-12723 5.3 Shivamani Vastrala June 29, 2026

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