CVE-2026-84219: CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Kirki
The Kirki WordPress plugin before 6.3.0 does not hold back every spelling of the HTML entities it decodes when rendering, allowing unauthenticated users to store JavaScript in a comment which then runs in the session of anyone viewing a page that displays it, including an administrator, and on every page of the site when its header or footer is built to show comments.
CVE-2026-84219: CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Kirki
Description
The Kirki WordPress plugin before 6.3.0 does not hold back every spelling of the HTML entities it decodes when rendering, allowing unauthenticated users to store JavaScript in a comment which then runs in the session of anyone viewing a page that displays it, including an administrator, and on every page of the site when its header or footer is built to show comments.
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Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- WPScan
- Date Reserved
- 2026-09-01T11:50:19.947Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a9d0a39acd9273b4959e3a4
Added to database: 09/06/2026, 06:37:45 UTC
Last updated: 09/06/2026, 07:22:24 UTC
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