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.
Published: 2026-07-20
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-345
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 07:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title Kirki < 6.0.12 - Unauthenticated HTML Injection in Password Reset Email via kirki-forgot-password
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-20T15:05:55.528Z

Reserved: 2026-06-19T13:26:32.263Z

Link: CVE-2026-12724

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-20T15:05:47.322Z

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-345

    Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity