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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Tue, 10 Nov 2026 10:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions kirki
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Wordpress-extensions kirki

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-345
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-20T15:05:55.528Z

Reserved: 2026-06-19T13:26:32.263Z

Link: CVE-2026-12724

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-20T15:05:47.322Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-07-20T07:16:34.980

Modified: 2026-07-20T20:39:31.217

Link: CVE-2026-12724

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-11-11T09:44:25Z

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