CVE-2026-12724: 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 s
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.
Details
Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12724
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-127240.10% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 1% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-12724 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Recent advisories for Kirki WordPress plugin
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- mediumCVE-2026-15601: The Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer plugin for WordPress is vulner…nvd · 2026-08-01
- highCVE-2026-12721: The Kirki WordPress plugin before 6.0.13 does not properly sanitise and escape a value taken f…nvd · 2026-07-31
- highCVE-2026-12720: The Kirki WordPress plugin before 6.0.13 does not restrict which classes may be instantiated w…nvd · 2026-07-31
- mediumCVE-2026-13464: The Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer plugin for WordPress is vulner…nvd · 2026-07-24
- criticalCVE-2026-13147: The Kirki WordPress plugin before 6.0.12 does not validate a user-supplied URL before requesti…nvd · 2026-07-20
- mediumCVE-2026-12723: The Kirki WordPress plugin before 6.0.12 does not perform any authorisation check on one of it…nvd · 2026-07-20
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