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CVE-2026-74992· NVD / CVE Program· CNA WPScan

Kirki < 6.2.3 - Editor+ Stored XSS via Font Zip Upload

The Kirki WordPress plugin before 6.2.3 does not properly validate the files contained in archives uploaded by users with the Editor role, and does not remove all unwanted files after extracting them, allowing such users to upload arbitrary files to a web accessible directory, leading to Stored XSS as well as RCE on some server configurations.

MediumCVSS 6.8 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Aug 20, 2026
Updated
Aug 26, 2026
EPSS
0.4% · 35th percentile
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Action score

27

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
27 / 40 · 6.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.4%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

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Affected systems

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Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (WPScan). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Unknown Kirki

    • before 6.2.3affected · semver

Same product

unknown: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2026-13147Kirki < 6.0.12 - Unauthenticated Server-Side Request Forgery via kirki_get_apis
    36Monitor
  • CVE-2026-12721Kirki < 6.0.13 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection
    34Monitor
  • CVE-2026-84219Kirki 6.2.1 - 6.2.5 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS via HTML Entity Decoding
    30Monitor
  • CVE-2026-12720Kirki < 6.0.13 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection
    30Monitor
  • CVE-2026-84223Kirki 6.0.0 - 6.3.0 - Author+ Stored XSS via Unsanitized SVG Upload
    27Monitor
  • CVE-2026-84221Kirki 6.0.0 - 6.2.5 - Editor+ SQLi via Content Manager Field ID
    27Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Unknown Kirki6.2.3Vendor (CNA)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2026-8421917 days apartKirki 6.2.1 - 6.2.5 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS via HTML Entity Decoding
    30Monitor
  • CVE-2026-8422331 days apartKirki 6.0.0 - 6.3.0 - Author+ Stored XSS via Unsanitized SVG Upload
    27Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • Administrator privileges are required.
  • A user must open a link or visit a page.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
High
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-secondary

Root cause

User content is inserted into the page as HTML. The browser interprets the content as code rather than data.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-79 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

ts
commentEl.innerHTML = comment.body;

Fixed

ts
commentEl.textContent = comment.body;

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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