CVE-2026-12724: CWE-345 Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity in Kirki
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.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-12724 describes an insufficient verification of data authenticity (CWE-345) vulnerability in the Kirki WordPress plugin prior to version 6.0.12. The plugin fails to sanitize or escape email subject and body parameters in password-reset emails, allowing unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary HTML content into these emails. This can be leveraged to conduct phishing attacks against registered users by delivering crafted HTML content within the password-reset email.
Potential Impact
Unauthenticated attackers can inject arbitrary HTML into password-reset emails sent to registered users. This can facilitate phishing attacks by delivering malicious content within emails that appear to come from the legitimate site. The vulnerability affects user trust and may lead to credential theft or other social engineering attacks.
Mitigation Recommendations
No official patch or remediation guidance is currently available. Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until a fix is released, users should exercise caution with password-reset emails and consider additional email filtering or user awareness to mitigate phishing risks.
CVE-2026-12724: CWE-345 Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity in Kirki
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.
CVSS v3.1
Score 4.3medium
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-12724 describes an insufficient verification of data authenticity (CWE-345) vulnerability in the Kirki WordPress plugin prior to version 6.0.12. The plugin fails to sanitize or escape email subject and body parameters in password-reset emails, allowing unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary HTML content into these emails. This can be leveraged to conduct phishing attacks against registered users by delivering crafted HTML content within the password-reset email.
Potential Impact
Unauthenticated attackers can inject arbitrary HTML into password-reset emails sent to registered users. This can facilitate phishing attacks by delivering malicious content within emails that appear to come from the legitimate site. The vulnerability affects user trust and may lead to credential theft or other social engineering attacks.
Mitigation Recommendations
No official patch or remediation guidance is currently available. Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until a fix is released, users should exercise caution with password-reset emails and consider additional email filtering or user awareness to mitigate phishing risks.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- WPScan
- Date Reserved
- 2026-06-19T13:26:32.263Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a5dca622a4a8d598994e58c
Added to database: 07/20/2026, 07:12:34 UTC
Last enriched: 07/20/2026, 07:27:48 UTC
Last updated: 07/21/2026, 06:42:02 UTC
Views: 11
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