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Kirki < 6.3.2 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via Comments Collection

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

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.

Announced Source revision 1
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CVE-2026-84220

Primary source · Revision 1

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Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-84220

Kirki

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product

Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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Prerequisites
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Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

[
  {
    "vendor": "Unknown",
    "product": "Kirki",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "6.3.2",
        "versionType": "semver"
      }
    ],
    "collectionURL": "https://wordpress.org/plugins",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]
Related CVEs
CVE-2026-84220

Source reference: /cveMetadata/cveId

Publisher severity

medium

Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics

Event
#16280 · Revision 1
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