Privilege Escalation in Kirki Freeform Page Builder for WordPress
CVE-2026-8206

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer
Vendor
CVE Published:
2 June 2026

Badges

📈 Score: 217👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC📰 News Worthy

What is CVE-2026-8206?

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Affected Version(s)

Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer 6.0.0 <= 6.0.6

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2026-8206
Created by Jenderal92

CVE-2026-8206
Created by izxci

News Articles

favicon imageBleepingComputer

Critical Kirki flaw exploited to hijack WordPress admin accounts

Hackers are exploiting a critical privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2026-8206) in the Kirki plugin for WordPress to take over any user account, including those belonging to administrators.

3 weeks ago

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.0...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/trunk/Co...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • 📰

    First article discovered by BleepingComputer

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

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