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Medium · 4.8 CVE-2026-84220 EUVD-2026-95576GHSA-wv2j-h628-x2ww

Kirki < 6.3.2 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via Comments Collection

Published Oct 9, 2026 · Updated Oct 9, 2026 · Assigned by WPScan

Description

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 products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
— Kirki < 6.3.2 6.3.2

References