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: n/a
KEV: No
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History

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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-09T08:08:04.316Z

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

Link: CVE-2026-84220

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

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

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

Link: CVE-2026-84220

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Updated: 2026-10-09T09:30:03Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-200

    Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

  • CWE-284

    Improper Access Control