Medium severity4.9NVD Advisory· Published Aug 16, 2026· Updated Aug 20, 2026
CVE-2026-17604
CVE-2026-17604
Description
The Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 6.1.1 via the 'data' parameter parameter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with editor-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information. The intended strpos()-based guard against leaving the uploads directory is bypassed by crafting a URL that includes the uploads base path as a substring while embedding directory traversal sequences, such as /wp-content/uploads/../../wp-config.php.
Affected products
1Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
12- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.0.12/includes/Ajax.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.0.12/includes/Ajax/ExportImport.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.0.12/includes/Ajax/ExportImport.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.0.12/includes/Ajax/ExportImport.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.0.12/includes/Ajax/ExportImport.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.1.1/includes/Ajax.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.1.1/includes/Ajax/ExportImport.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.1.1/includes/Ajax/ExportImport.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.1.1/includes/Ajax/ExportImport.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.1.1/includes/Ajax/ExportImport.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changesetnvd
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d8ecb2c6-c2d0-44b0-b9c2-4fcbc0f97632nvd
News mentions
2- Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (August 10, 2026 to August 16, 2026)Wordfence Blog · Aug 21, 2026
- WordPress Plugins: 25 Vulnerabilities Disclosed in Single Batch, Including Critical FlawsVypr Intelligence · Aug 17, 2026