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Critical Kirki flaw exploited to hijack WordPress admin accounts
Hackers are exploiting a critical privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2026-8206) in the Kirki plugin for WordPress to take over any u…
Source BleepingComputer AI Summary Updated June 2, 2026
Cybersecurity 
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Freshness Stale Updated June 2, 2026
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Hackers are exploiting a critical privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2026-8206) in the Kirki plugin for WordPress to take over any user account, including those belonging to administrators. [...]
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