CVE-2026-15601

medium

Description

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.

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4ccd1314-b9b9-4f63-820c-2817a4932ee8?source=cve

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3617070%40kirki&new=3617070%40kirki

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.0.13/routes/api.php#L77

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.0.13/includes/Ajax/Apps.php#L176

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.0.13/app/Supports/FileHandler.php#L90

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.0.13/app/Services/AppsService.php#L186

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.0.13/app/Services/AppsService.php#L113

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.0.13/app/Http/Controllers/Api/AppsController.php#L27

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.0.12/routes/api.php#L77

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.0.12/includes/Ajax/Apps.php#L176

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.0.12/app/Supports/FileHandler.php#L90

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.0.12/app/Services/AppsService.php#L186

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.0.12/app/Services/AppsService.php#L113

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kirki/tags/6.0.12/app/Http/Controllers/Api/AppsController.php#L27

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-08-01

Updated: 2026-08-01

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.9

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

Severity: Medium