PT-2026-41998 · WordPress · Kirki

Rafie Muhammad · CVE-2026-8073 · Published 2026-05-19 · Updated 2026-05-19

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer versions prior to 6.0.7

Description Insufficient file path validation and a missing capability check in the downloadZIP() function allow unauthenticated attackers to read and delete arbitrary files. This action is limited to the WordPress uploads base directory.

Recommendations Update to a version later than 6.0.6. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the downloadZIP() function until the update is applied.

Fix

Relative Path Traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-23

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-8073

Affected Products

Kirki

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8073 · Security Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3535640/kirki/trunk/includes/API.php · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b073edd0-3f40-423e-976e-996b29caf66e?source=cve · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.0.1/includes/API.php#L60 · Note
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/54279 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2056870195575009473 · Twitter Post