CVE-2026-15457 | The Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customi… | CVSS 4.9 MEDIUM

Description

The Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 6.0.13 via the 'family' parameter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with editor-level access and above, to delete arbitrary directories on the server, which can result in loss of data and availability.

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2026-15457
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 2026-07-10 20:01 UTC
Published: 2026-07-17 03:43 UTC
Last updated: 2026-07-17 03:43 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-22
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Dir…
Vendor / Product: themeum / Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

4.9 MEDIUM CVSS 3.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
themeum	Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer	—	0 ≤ 6.0.13

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
CWE-22	cna	CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CVSS scores (1)

Score	Severity	Version	Source	Vector
4.9	MEDIUM	3.1	cna	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References (10)