6.5

CVE-2026-12270: unknown everest forms Missing Authorization

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumDeferred
Published 09-07-2026Last modified 09-07-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-12270 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Missing Authorization vulnerability in unknown everest forms. EPSS estimates a 0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded. Fixed in 3.5.0.

Overall risk
36/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.30%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 09-07-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 09-07-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Everest Forms WordPress plugin before 3.5.0 does not correctly restrict access to several REST API endpoints belonging to its onboarding assistant: the capability check is only applied when an attacker-controllable request header holds a specific value, so it can be bypassed by omitting or changing that header. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read onboarding status information, modify the related Everest Forms WordPress plugin before 3.5.0 options, and trigger an email from the site to an arbitrary address.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.30%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

21%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.30% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.30%

Known exploited

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Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (wpscan.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Unknown1 product
Wordpress1 product
  • everest-forms≤ 3.4.0 (fixed in 3.5.0)

2 vendors · 2 products

References

2 links