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NVD CRITICAL: CVE-2026-8206 — The Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer plugin for WordP...

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Executive Summary

The Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions 6.0.0 to 6.0.6. This is due to the plugin accepting an arbitrary email address when a username is used in the password reset request. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to send a password reset link for any user registered

Analysis

The Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions 6.0.0 to 6.0.6. This is due to the plugin accepting an arbitrary email address when a username is used in the password reset request. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to send a password reset link for any user registered on the site to their own email address. CVSS Score: 9.8. Published: 2026-06-02T04:17:03.550.

Indicators of Compromise (1)

CVE (1)
CVE-2026-8206
Source Attribution

Originally published by NIST NVD on Jun 2, 2026. Verified by: NIST.

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