WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Kirki < 6.2.0 - Editor+ Arbitrary File Read via 'data' Parameter

Description

The plugin is vulnerable to Directory Traversal via the 'data' parameter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with editor-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information. The intended strpos()-based guard against leaving the uploads directory is bypassed by crafting a URL that includes the uploads base path as a substring while embedding directory traversal sequences, such as /wp-content/uploads/../../wp-config.php.

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 6.2.0

References

Classification

Type
TRAVERSAL
OWASP top 10
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Wordfence PRISM
Verified
No

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-08-15 (about 9 days ago)
Added
2026-08-17 (about 6 days ago)
Last Updated
2026-08-17 (about 6 days ago)

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