CVE-2026-12472

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.35.3—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 5.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-07-02. a secondary CVSS source baseline 5.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
5.3
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 5.3Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

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

The Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 6.0.11. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to send arbitrary HTML-injected emails — including phishing messages embedding a real, valid WordPress password-reset URL for the targeted user — to any registered user via the site's own mail server, abusing its SPF/DKIM reputation. The attacker-controlled emailSubject parameter is passed to wp_mail() with only sanitize_text_field() applied, while emailBody 'text' items are concatenated raw into the HTML email body with no escaping, and 'chip' items can include the genuine WordPress password-reset link for the targeted account.

CVSS v3
5.3
EG Score
5.3(high)
EPSS
20.2%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 2, 2026

Last Modified

July 2, 2026

References (6)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-12472(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 15× in last 7d / 15× 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 13:10 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-07-06 13:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-05 12:59 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-07-05 12:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-04 12:52 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-07-04 12:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-07-03 12:45 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-07-03 12:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-07-02 12:36 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-07-02 12:36 UTCGHSA enrichment

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-12472?
CVE-2026-12472 is a medium vulnerability published on July 2, 2026. The Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 6.0.11. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for…
When was CVE-2026-12472 disclosed?
CVE-2026-12472 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 2, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-12472 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-12472 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 20.2% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-12472?
CVE-2026-12472 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-12472?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-12472, 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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