Description
The Kirki WordPress plugin before 6.3.2 does not prevent shortcodes held in comments from being executed when it renders them, and displays comments regardless of their moderation status, allowing unauthenticated visitors to run shortcodes registered on the site and to read private custom fields of the page being viewed.
Published: 2026-10-09
Score: 4.8 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions kirki
Vendors & Products Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions kirki

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-200
CWE-284

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-74
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-200
CWE-284

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 08:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Kirki WordPress plugin before 6.3.2 does not prevent shortcodes held in comments from being executed when it renders them, and displays comments regardless of their moderation status, allowing unauthenticated visitors to run shortcodes registered on the site and to read private custom fields of the page being viewed.
Title Kirki < 6.3.2 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via Comments Collection
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


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Wordpress-extensions Kirki
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-09T15:00:19.654Z

Reserved: 2026-09-01T11:50:22.082Z

Link: CVE-2026-84220

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-09T14:50:38.710Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-09T09:17:09.857

Modified: 2026-10-09T15:17:17.267

Link: CVE-2026-84220

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-21T14:30:13Z

Weaknesses