CVE-2026-84220
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CVE-2026-84220 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 4.8/10 on the CVSS scale. 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.. EPSS estimates a 0.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
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Affected Software
Source: CNA advisory (CVE.org). NVD analysis pending.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Kirki | < 6.3.2 |
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Timeline
- Published
- Last Modified
- Status
- Deferred
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