CVE-2026-84224

Status: DeferredMedium (4.1)—

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.

CVSS

Version: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
Base score: 4.1

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.18%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 7
Score date: 10/14/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

🎯 ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

ExploitationT1210 Exploitation of Remote Serviceslateral movement85 %
Primary impactT1090.004 Domain Frontingcommand and control75 %
Secondary impactT1526 Cloud Service Discoverydiscovery70 %

Acceso de red con privilegios (PR:H): editor de WordPress accede a servicios internos no alcanzables externamente. SSRF permite reconocimiento y enumeración de servicios internos.

Inferred by our analysis agent from the official description, CVSS vector and CWE, and checked by a supervisor. May contain errors.

🛡️ ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Vulnerability Scanning Threat Intelligence Program SSL/TLS Inspection Privileged Account Management Network Segmentation Disable or Remove Feature or Program

Affected technologies (1)

⚠ AI-inferred from the description — NVD hasn't analyzed this CVE yet, these aren't verified CPEs.

Kirki — Kirki^AI

CWEs

CWE-918

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6a2455dd-8da9-4c7e-a249-3c694cf2983e/

Raw JSON (NVD)

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