CVE•Published 2026-06-02•Modified 2026-07-22•1 article on news•3 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-8206
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
66
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 34% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
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.
Timeline
Published 2026-06-02
Modified 2026-07-22
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-8206Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-8206Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-8206Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-8206GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-8206" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub (8)
CVE-2026-82068 repos
nomi-sec/PoC-in-GitHubunknown
📡 PoC auto collect from GitHub. ⚠️ Be careful Malware.
SecureWithUmer/CVE-2026-PoCsPython
A community-curated, verified collection of Proof-of-Concept exploits for CVEs disclosed in 2026.
maxgfr/awesome-starsunknown
List of repositories that I liked on Github
HackfutSecRoot/multi_exploit_wpPython
multi exploit Takeover Wordpress Vuln
Jenderal92/CVE-2026-8206Python
Mass exploitation tool for CVE-2026-8206 – Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via 'handle_forgot_password' in Kirki WordPress plugin (≤6.0.6).
synthetic-detections/rulesYARA
AI-authored YARA + Snort/Suricata detection rules for current malware campaigns and vulnerabilities. Each rule ships with reproducible specimens, structurally-similar benign cases,…
brimstone/starsunknown
My starred GitHub repositories
amnsecurity/kirki-wordpress-account-security-assessmentPython
Professional vulnerability assessment report for Kirki WordPress account security risk, including technical impact, remediation, and mitigation strategy.