WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Kirki 6.2.1 - 6.2.5 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS via HTML Entity Decoding
Description
The plugin 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.
Proof of Concept
Affects Plugins
References
CVE
Classification
Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Jakub Herman
Submitter
Jakub Herman
Submitter website
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2026-09-04 (about 2 days ago)
Added
2026-09-04 (about 1 day ago)
Last Updated
2026-09-04 (about 1 day ago)