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VulnerabilityCVE-2026-8206Published 2026-06-02

CVE-2026-8206 — themeum Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer

criticalPublic exploit5 PoC repos

As of 2026-06-02, CVE-2026-8206 is a CRITICAL-severity vulnerability in themeum Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer, CVSS v3.1 9.8, EPSS 0.7% (54.3th percentile). Threadlinqs Intelligence links 1 tracked threat campaign to CVE-2026-8206, most recently “WordPress Kirki Plugin CVE-2026-8206 — Unauthenticated Account Takeover via Password-Reset Email Hijack (Active Exploitation, ~500K Sites)”.

CVSS v3.1
9.8/10Critical
EPSS
0.7%Higher than 54.3% of scored CVEs
CISA KEV
NoNot in the KEV catalog
Tracked threats
1Campaigns referencing it
Priority
9.1/10Threadlinqs triage score
Published
CVSS v3.1 9.8 (CRITICAL) · EPSS 0.7% (higher than 54.3% of all scored CVEs) · Priority 9.1/10 · Published 2026-06-02

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What is CVE-2026-8206?

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.

The record classifies CVE-2026-8206 under weakness class CWE-269. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs no prior authentication, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 137 days ago.

Severity and exploitation probability

CVSS v3.1 base score
9.8 — CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (FIRST)
0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54.3% of all scored CVEs
CISA KEV
Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
Threadlinqs priority
9.1/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
Published
2026-06-02

Is CVE-2026-8206 being exploited?

Weaponised exploit code for CVE-2026-8206 is publicly available. 5 public proof-of-concept repositories are tracked for this identifier. It currently carries a trending score of 27 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

Affected products and versions

  • themeum: Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer

How to fix CVE-2026-8206

No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-8206 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.

Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-8206

1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2026-8206, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS, GitHub Security Advisories, public proof-of-concept repositories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on .

Other references

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