CVE-2026-15601

MEDIUMPre-NVD 4.94.9—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 4.9 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-08-01. a secondary CVSS source baseline 4.9; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
4.9EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1%CVSS: 4.9Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

The Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal (Zip Slip) in all versions up to, and including, 6.0.13 via the extract_zip_file function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with custom-level access and above, to write arbitrary files on the server, which can allow for remote code execution. The install_app, update_app, and get_kirki_template_from_zip code paths accept a user-supplied app src value to construct the download URL, and no sanitization is applied to prevent a crafted ZIP from being fetched and extracted with path-traversing entry names that escape the intended destination directory.

CVSS v3
4.9
EG Score
4.9(high)
EG Risk
22(Track)
EG Risk 22/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity49% × 45%
Exploitation1% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
1%
EPSS %ILE
53%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 1, 2026

Last Modified

August 12, 2026

References (14)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-15601(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 20× in last 7d / 63× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-21 06:23 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-21 06:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-20 05:14 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-20 05:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-19 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
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  8. 2026-08-19 04:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-08-18 02:52 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-18 02:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
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  14. 2026-08-17 01:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
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  17. 2026-08-16 00:35 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-08-16 00:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-08-14 23:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-13 22:17 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-08-13 22:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-08-12 21:09 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-08-12 21:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-08-12 13:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-12 04:43 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-12 04:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-11 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-11 03:34 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-11 03:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-11 00:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-08-10 02:25 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-08-10 02:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-09 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-08-09 01:17 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-09 01:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-08-08 00:08 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-08-08 00:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-06 22:59 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-08-06 22:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-06 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-08-05 21:50 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-05 21:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-05 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-08-04 20:42 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-08-04 20:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-04 15:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-08-04 10:38 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-08-03 19:19 UTCEG score recompute
  27. 2026-08-03 19:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-08-03 19:05 UTCEG score recompute
  29. 2026-08-03 19:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-08-03 11:47 UTCEG score recompute
  31. 2026-08-03 11:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-08-03 10:35 UTCEPSS rescore
  33. 2026-08-02 10:37 UTCEG score recompute
  34. 2026-08-02 10:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-08-02 02:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  36. 2026-08-01 09:28 UTCEG score recompute
  37. 2026-08-01 08:28 UTCEG score recompute
  38. 2026-08-01 08:27 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-15601?
CVE-2026-15601 is a medium vulnerability published on August 1, 2026. The Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal (Zip Slip) in all versions up to, and including, 6.0.13 via the extractzipfile function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with custom-level access and above, to…
When was CVE-2026-15601 disclosed?
CVE-2026-15601 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 1, 2026, with the most recent update on August 12, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-15601 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-15601 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 47.2% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-15601?
CVE-2026-15601 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.9 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-15601?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-15601, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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