Kirki <= 6.0.6 - Unauthenticated Limited Arbitrary File Read and Deletion via downloadZIP

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7.5
Relative Path Traversal
CVE CVE-2026-8073
CVSS 7.5 (High)
Publicly Published May 19, 2026
Last Updated May 19, 2026
Researcher Rafie Muhammad - Awesome Motive, Inc.

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.

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

Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug kirki (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 6.0.7, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 6.0.6
Patched Version
  • 6.0.7

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# Title CVE ID CVSS Researchers Date
1 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
2 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
3 Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer <= 6.0.11 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Server-Side Request Forgery CVE-2026-57627 6.4 Ananda Dhakal June 26, 2026
4 Kirki 6.0.0 - 6.0.6 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via 'handle_forgot_password' CVE-2026-8206 9.8 CHOIGYEONGMIN June 1, 2026
5 Kirki <= 6.0.6 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Sensitive Form Submission Data Exposure via 'kirki_wp_admin_get_apis' Action CVE-2026-8096 6.5 Z3no May 19, 2026
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