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.
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Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:30:00 +0000
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| Weaknesses | CWE-345 | |
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cvssV3_1
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Mon, 20 Jul 2026 07:15:00 +0000
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| 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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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: WPScan
Published:
Updated: 2026-07-20T15:05:55.528Z
Reserved: 2026-06-19T13:26:32.263Z
Link: CVE-2026-12724
Updated: 2026-07-20T15:05:47.322Z
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