Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-65436 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-65436 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-65436?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 6.8, published 27 July 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Themeum Kirki <= 6.0.13.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-65436?
- A patch was published on 2026-07-27: Fixed in version 6.0.14 Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
- How is CVE-2026-65436 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a software library.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-65436?
- Check whether you run Themeum Kirki at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
The Kirki plugin for WordPress (versions 6.0.13 and below) is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to a path traversal flaw (CWE-22). The vulnerability exists because the application does not properly validate user-supplied input when handling file paths in the editor component. An attacker with Editor-level privileges (PR:H) can exploit this over the network without user interaction to delete files outside of the intended directory. This can lead to a denial-of-service condition by deleting core WordPress files or configuration data. The issue is addressed in version 6.0.14.
Affected products
- Themeum Kirki <= 6.0.13
Timeline
- 2026-06-23: other: Reported by researcher Ananda Dhakal
- 2026-07-27: disclosed: Vulnerability published by Patchstack
- 2026-07-27: patched: Fixed in version 6.0.14