The Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation and missing capability check in the 'downloadZIP' function in all versions up to, and including, 6.0.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read and delete arbitrary files limited in the WordPress uploads base directory.

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Wed, 20 May 2026 11:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Themeum
Themeum kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Themeum
Themeum kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress

Tue, 19 May 2026 20:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 19 May 2026 19:15:00 +0000

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Description The Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation and missing capability check in the 'downloadZIP' function in all versions up to, and including, 6.0.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read and delete arbitrary files limited in the WordPress uploads base directory.
Title Kirki <= 6.0.6 - Unauthenticated Limited Arbitrary File Read and Deletion via downloadZIP
Weaknesses CWE-23
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-19T20:01:00.455Z

Reserved: 2026-05-07T09:46:46.353Z

Link: CVE-2026-8073

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-19T20:00:32.657Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-05-19T19:16:51.577

Modified: 2026-05-19T21:00:47.093

Link: CVE-2026-8073

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-20T10:39:07Z

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