CVE-2026-12471

MEDIUMPre-NVD 4.34.3—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 4.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-06-27. a secondary CVSS source baseline 4.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
4.3
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 4.3Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

The Spexo theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the activate_plugin function in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.11. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to activate a limited set of plugins.

CVSS v3
4.3
EG Score
4.3(high)
EPSS
9.5%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 27, 2026

Last Modified

June 29, 2026

References (4)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-12471(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 22× in last 7d / 34× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-06 15:10 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-07-06 15:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-05 16:47 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-07-05 16:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-04 18:22 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-07-04 18:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-07-03 20:00 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-07-03 20:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-07-02 21:39 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-07-02 21:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-07-01 23:16 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-07-01 23:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-07-01 15:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-07-01 15:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-07-01 00:55 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-07-01 00:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-06-30 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-06-30 02:33 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-06-30 02:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-06-29 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-06-29 04:11 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-06-29 04:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-06-28 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-06-28 05:47 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-06-28 05:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-06-27 07:20 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-06-27 07:19 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-12471?
CVE-2026-12471 is a medium vulnerability published on June 27, 2026. The Spexo theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the activate_plugin function in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.11. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to activate a limited set of…
When was CVE-2026-12471 disclosed?
CVE-2026-12471 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 27, 2026, with the most recent update on June 29, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-12471 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-12471 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 9.5% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-12471?
CVE-2026-12471 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-12471?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-12471, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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