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CVE-2026-12724: Kirki < 6.0.12 - Unauthenticated HTML Injection in Password Reset Email via kirki-forgot-password
- Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-07-20 · updated 2026-07-20
- Weakness: CWE-345
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.
Affected products
- Kirki: before 6.0.12 — fixed in 6.0.12
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Kirki 6.0.12. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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