Medium severity6.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 20, 2026· Updated Aug 26, 2026
CVE-2026-74992
CVE-2026-74992
Description
The Kirki WordPress plugin before 6.2.3 does not properly validate the files contained in archives uploaded by users with the Editor role, and does not remove all unwanted files after extracting them, allowing such users to upload arbitrary files to a web accessible directory, leading to Stored XSS as well as RCE on some server configurations.
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1- Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (August 17, 2026 to August 23, 2026)Wordfence Blog · Aug 27, 2026