CVE-2026-12724

Kirki < 6.0.12 - Unauthenticated HTML Injection in Password Reset Email via kirki-forgot-password

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.

Affected

Kirki

CVSS v3.1 CNA

4.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

EPSS

0.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 3rd percentile

Published

2026-07-20

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6c2d4489-de82-472d-a5f7-dc01b305fdd0/

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry