CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-15457

MediumCVSS 4.9
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
0.77%

51th percentile - higher than 51% of all known CVEs

Summary

The Kirki plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal via the 'family' parameter. Authenticated attackers with editor-level access or higher can delete arbitrary directories on the server.

Risk Assessment

The risk includes data loss and service availability disruption, potentially leading to severe operational issues and loss of customer trust.

Recommendation

Immediately update the Kirki plugin to the latest version that fixes this vulnerability. Also, restrict user permissions to the minimum necessary.

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Original NVD description (English source)

The Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 6.0.13 via the 'family' parameter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with editor-level access and above, to delete arbitrary directories on the server, which can result in loss of data and availability.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS