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CVE-2026-84220

Kirki < 6.3.2 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via Comments Collection

MEDIUM
4.8
CVSS Score
Published: October 9, 2026 at 08:06 AM UTC
Updated: October 9, 2026 at 03:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorKirki

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Severity
MEDIUM4.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

The Kirki WordPress plugin before 6.3.2 does not prevent shortcodes held in comments from being executed when it renders them, and displays comments regardless of their moderation status, allowing unauthenticated visitors to run shortcodes registered on the site and to read private custom fields of the page being viewed.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Kirki· Kirkiwordpress-plugin
90%
0

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

ExploitVDB EntryTechnical Description
Source: cverecord
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e5cfd004-dd57-4d42-858c-fbb9b9e320f6/

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

4.8MEDIUMWPScan
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-74

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