AETERNAE AI RESEARCH LLC INDEPENDENT RESEARCH
ÆAETERNAERESEARCH
Sign inRequest access
← CVE index
Δ / VULNERABILITY RECORD

CVE-2026-102173.

Source-reported disclosure and enrichment record.

SEVERITY / CVSSHIGH / 7.2CVSS 3.1 · security@wordfence.com
EXPLOITATION STATUSNot listed in the cached KEV catalogThis does not establish absence of exploitation.
RECORD STATUSDeferredModified Oct 07, 2026

Disclosure summary

The Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via registration metadata in all versions up to, and including, 6.3.1 This is due to insufficient escaping in `ExceptionalElements::image_element()`, which concatenates a user-meta value straight into an `` attribute. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute whenever a user accesses a page rendering a Kirki users collection whose image element is bound to one of the nine registration meta fields. Requires public user registration to be enabled and a published page carrying a `kirki-register` element, which prints the required element nonce into the public markup.

Source-reported weakness categories

CWE-79

Source-specific records & product guidance

Sources retain their own attribution and scoring. Follow the original record to confirm affected versions, fixed releases, and configuration conditions.

NIST National Vulnerability Database · NVD-CVE-2026-102173

Open original source · Updated Oct 07, 2026

Only CPE matches marked vulnerable=true are indexed. AND/OR platform conditions must be checked in the original NVD record.

Original records & references

PUBLISHED 2026-10-07T02:16:33-04:00
MODIFIED 2026-10-07T13:16:45-04:00
INGESTED 2026-10-10T20:50:09-04:00