CVE-2026-102291
Description
The Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 6.3.1 This is due to the plugin substituting a user's display_name into the composed page markup unfiltered and then running the whole result through do_shortcode() in TheFrontend::replace_content(). Because display_name is writable by any user on their own account through the core profile form, this makes it possible for authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access and above to execute arbitrary shortcodes. Where the page is a users collection — an ordinary team or member-directory page — the shortcode runs in the request of every visitor, including unauthenticated ones. Requires a published page with a Kirki element whose dynamic content is bound to the display_name user field.
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References
8- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.3.1/includes/Frontend/Preview/Utils.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.3.1/includes/Frontend/Preview/Utils.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.3.1/includes/Frontend/Preview/Utils.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.3.1/includes/Frontend/TheFrontend.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.3.1/includes/HelperFunctions.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.3.1/includes/Manager/PluginShortcode.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changesetnvd
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bed93040-a843-417e-89b4-5ab3cba788aanvd
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