WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Kirki < 6.2.0 - Subscriber+ Sensitive User Data Disclosure via 'context' Parameter

Description

The plugin is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with custom-level access and above, to read arbitrary user metadata and sensitive user record fields — including email address, assigned roles, registration date, and any user_meta values — belonging to any WordPress user including administrators, by supplying a target user ID with a user-type context to the frontend collection endpoint.

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 6.2.0

References

Classification

Type
SENSITIVE DATA DISCLOSURE
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Datist Pham
Verified
No

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-08-15 (about 2 months ago)
Added
2026-08-17 (about 2 months ago)
Last Updated
2026-08-17 (about 2 months ago)

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