Kirki 6.0.0 – 6.0.6 – Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via ‘handle_forgot_password’_CVE-2026-8206

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    "description": "The Kirki \u2013 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.",
    "published": "2026-06-02T03:28:49.326Z",
    "modified": "2026-06-02T03:28:49.326Z",
    "type": "cve",
    "title": "Kirki 6.0.0 - 6.0.6 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via 'handle_forgot_password'",
    "source": "Wordfence",
    "references": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3b5630bd-5bce-4226-959f-5e81ae69b799?source=cve\nhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.0.4/ComponentLibrary/controller/CompLibFormHandler.php#L330\nhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/trunk/ComponentLibrary/controller/CompLibFormHandler.php#L330\nhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/trunk/ComponentLibrary/controller/CompLibFormHandler.php#L48\nhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.0.4/ComponentLibrary/controller/CompLibFormHandler.php#L48\nhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/trunk/ComponentLibrary/controller/ElementGenerator.php#L227\nhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.0.4/ComponentLibrary/controller/ElementGenerator.php#L227\nhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3530843/kirki",
    "id": "CVE-2026-8206",
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    "cwe": [
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    "sourceData": "themeum Kirki \u2013 Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer 6.0.0",
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        "vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
        "version": "3.1"
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    "product": "Kirki \u2013 Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer",
    "version": "6.0.0",
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    "ai_description": "Unauthenticated privilege escalation via password reset request",
    "ai_severity": "Critical",
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