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Kirki Customizer Framework, CVE-2026-16974

CVE, Research URL

CVE-2026-16974

Published on
Aug 11, 2026
Research Description
The Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the post_meta Shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 6.2.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Affected versions
max 6.2.1.
Status
vulnerable