CVE-2026-84220

Kirki < 6.3.2 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via Comments Collection

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.

Affected

Kirki

CVSS v3.1 WPSCAN

4.8 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS

0.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 3rd percentile

Published

2026-10-09

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e5cfd004-dd57-4d42-858c-fbb9b9e320f6/

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry