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Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer <= 6.3.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via 'display_name'

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

The Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 6.3.1 This is due to the plugin substituting a user's `display_name` into the composed page markup unfiltered and then running the whole result through `do_shortcode()` in `TheFrontend::replace_content()`. Because `display_name` is writable by any user on their own account through the core profile form, this makes it possible for authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access and above to execute arbitrary shortcodes. Where the page is a users collection — an ordinary team or member-directory page — the shortcode runs in the request of every visitor, including unauthenticated ones. Requires a published page with a Kirki element whose dynamic content is bound to the `display_name` user field.

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CVE-2026-102291

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Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-102291

Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer

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[
  {
    "vendor": "themeum",
    "product": "Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "0",
        "versionType": "semver",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "6.3.1"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]
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CVE-2026-102291

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#16949 · Revision 1
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