PHP object injection in Kirki WordPress plugin import endpoint
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-502.
Summary
Themeum's Kirki plugin for WordPress (Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer) is affected up to and including 6.3.2. Deserialization of untrusted input (CWE-502) lets an authenticated attacker with administrator access inject a PHP object. Editor-level users also get this access by default. No known POP chain exists in Kirki, so impact depends on a POP chain in another installed plugin or theme.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
The Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in all versions up to, and including, 6.3.2 via deserialization of untrusted input . This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to inject a PHP Object. No known POP chain is present in the vulnerable software, which means this vulnerability has no impact unless another plugin or theme containing a POP chain is installed on the site. If a POP chain is present via an additional plugin or theme installed on the target system, it may allow the attacker to perform actions like delete arbitrary files, retrieve sensitive data, or execute code depending on the POP chain present. By default, Editor-level users are granted FULL_ACCESS to the plugin's import endpoint via the KIRKI_USERS_DEFAULT_FULL_ACCESS configuration, meaning exploitation is possible at Editor privilege level rather than being restricted to administrators alone.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for Kirki (Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer).
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Timeline
- 2026-10-18 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-104734
- 2026-10-18 Alias added: GHSA-9858-wmm9-p4jw
References
Other 6
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3c760235-ee53-4906-9e25-19df85b8f8ff?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.3.2/includes/ExportImport/TemplateImport.php#L987
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.3.2/includes/ExportImport/TemplateImport.php#L963
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.3.2/includes/Ajax/TemplateExportImport.php#L35
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.3.2/includes/Ajax.php#L802
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3743904/kirki/trunk/includes/ExportImport/TemplateImport.php
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Sources
- CVE-2026-104734 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-104734 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9858-wmm9-p4jw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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