9.8

CVE-2026-8206: themeum kirki – freeform page builder, website builder & customizer Improper Privilege Management

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalDeferred
Published 02-06-2026Last modified 02-06-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-8206 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in themeum kirki – freeform page builder, website builder & customizer. EPSS estimates a 0.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54.8% of scored vulnerabilities. Fixed in 6.0.7.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.77%
0%100%
Low · -0.51 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 02-06-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 02-06-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions 6.0.0 to 6.0.6. This is due to the plugin accepting an arbitrary email address when a username is used in the password reset request. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to send a password reset link for any user registered on the site to their own email address.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.77%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

55%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.51 pp

From 1.28% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.77%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Themeum1 product
Wordpress1 product
  • kirki≥ 6.0.0, ≤ 6.0.6 (fixed in 6.0.7)

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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