CVE-2026-12724: unknown kirki
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2026-12724 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability in unknown kirki. EPSS estimates a 0.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded. Fixed in 6.0.12.
Timeline
- 20-07-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 20-07-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The Kirki WordPress plugin before 6.0.12 does not sanitise or escape the email subject and body values supplied in a request before including them in the password-reset email it sends as HTML, allowing unauthenticated users to inject arbitrary HTML into the message delivered to a registered user, which can be used for phishing.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version- CVE.orgCNA4.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NDiffers
- NVDNIST4.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NDiffers
EPSS trend
Probability
0.15%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
3%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.15% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (wpscan.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- CWE-345Insufficient Verification of Data AuthenticityThe product does not sufficiently verify the origin or authenticity of data, in a way that causes it to accept invalid data.
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationThe product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.
Affected systems
Unknown1 product
- kirki< 6.0.12
Wordpress1 product
- kirki≤ 6.0.11 (fixed in 6.0.12)
2 vendors · 2 products