CVE-2026-8206

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.89.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-06-02. a secondary CVSS source baseline 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekElevated
9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 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 privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions 6.0.0 to 6.0.6. This is due to the plugin accepting an arbitrary email address when a username is used in the password reset request. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to send a password reset link for any user registered on the site to their own email address.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8(medium)
EG Risk
75(Track)
EG Risk 75/100SSVC: 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
Severity98% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
1%
EPSS %ILE
68%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 2, 2026

Last Modified

July 22, 2026

References (8)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-8206(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 9× in last 7d / 140× 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.

Showing the most recent 100 of 383 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-08-30 19:18 UTCEPSS rescore
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  3. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
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  9. 2026-08-25 03:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-24 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-08-23 21:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  17. 2026-08-22 00:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-21 23:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-08-21 20:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  21. 2026-08-21 07:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  23. 2026-08-21 01:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  25. 2026-08-20 21:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-08-20 17:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  3. 2026-08-20 10:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
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  7. 2026-08-17 12:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  19. 2026-08-15 19:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  22. 2026-08-15 02:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  24. 2026-08-14 22:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  30. 2026-08-13 23:17 UTCEG score recompute
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  45. 2026-08-11 14:53 UTCEG score recompute
  46. 2026-08-11 14:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  47. 2026-08-11 13:43 UTCEPSS rescore
  48. 2026-08-11 10:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  50. 2026-08-11 03:03 UTCEG score recompute
  51. 2026-08-11 03:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  59. 2026-08-09 15:44 UTCEG score recompute
  60. 2026-08-09 15:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  61. 2026-08-09 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  62. 2026-08-09 11:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  65. 2026-08-08 23:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  66. 2026-08-08 19:55 UTCEG score recompute
  67. 2026-08-08 19:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  68. 2026-08-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  69. 2026-08-08 15:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  70. 2026-08-08 11:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  74. 2026-08-07 20:13 UTCEG score recompute
  75. 2026-08-07 20:13 UTCGHSA enrichment

Publicly available exploits

(1 reference)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 GitHub PoC). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • GitHub PoCJenderal92/CVE-2026-8206
    First seen Jun 2, 2026

    Mass exploitation tool for CVE-2026-8206 – Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via 'handle_forgot_password' in Kirki WordPress plugin (≤6.0.6).

    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-8206?
CVE-2026-8206 is a critical vulnerability published on June 2, 2026. The Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions 6.0.0 to 6.0.6. This is due to the plugin accepting an arbitrary email address when a username is used in the password reset request. This…
When was CVE-2026-8206 disclosed?
CVE-2026-8206 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 2, 2026, with the most recent update on July 22, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-8206 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-8206 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 32.1% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-8206?
CVE-2026-8206 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-8206?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-8206, 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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