High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published May 19, 2026· Updated May 19, 2026

CVE-2026-8073

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.

Affected products

WordPress/Kirkiinferred2 versions
<=6.0.6+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <=6.0.6
- (no CPE)range: <=6.0.6
Package: https://wordpress.org/plugins/kirki

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.0.1/includes/API.phpnvd
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3535640/kirki/trunk/includes/API.phpnvd
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b073edd0-3f40-423e-976e-996b29caf66envd

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