Blind SSRF in Kirki WordPress plugin via remote template URL
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-918 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
The Kirki WordPress plugin before 6.3.2 does not validate the host of a URL before fetching it, which is a server-side request forgery (CWE-918). A user with editor-level access or higher can make the site request internal services that are not otherwise reachable and infer which of them are live from the response. The references include a link to an exploit.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
The Kirki WordPress plugin before 6.3.2 does not validate the host of a URL it is given before fetching it, allowing users with editor-level access and above to make the site issue requests to internal services that are not otherwise reachable, and to tell which of those are live from the response.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Kirki | before 6.3.2 | 6.3.2 | Patch available | CNA |
- Kirki VendorUnknown Affected before 6.3.2 Fixed in 6.3.2 Patch available CNA
Remediation
Update Kirki to version 6.3.2 or later.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
- Fix · CNA Kirki (Unknown) Fixed in 6.3.2
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Kirki 6.3.2
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-69901 Shortcode execution in Kirki WordPress plugin via commentsPriority LOW 21
Timeline
- 2026-10-09 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-84224
- 2026-10-09 Alias added: GHSA-w2rx-5q64-f3mg
- 2026-10-10 Weakness changed · CISA ADP
- 2026-10-10 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-84224 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-84224 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-w2rx-5q64-f3mg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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