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
5.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.3Exploit: None knownExposed: 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)
EG Risk
28(Track)
EG Risk 28/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity53% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
21%
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 19× in last 7d / 60× 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. 2026-07-31 14:17 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-31 14:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-30 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-30 14:10 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-07-30 14:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-07-30 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-29 14:00 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-07-29 14:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-07-28 15:36 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-07-28 13:51 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-07-28 13:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-07-27 14:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-27 13:15 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-07-27 13:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-07-26 13:09 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-07-26 13:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-07-25 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-07-24 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-07-23 03:05 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-07-21 15:24 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-07-20 17:08 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-07-19 14:30 UTCEPSS rescore
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  3. 2026-07-18 10:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-16 17:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-16 14:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-15 14:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-07-15 02:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-14 14:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-07-13 22:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-07-13 14:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-07-13 06:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-12 13:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-07-12 05:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-07-11 13:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-07-10 13:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-07-09 13:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-07-08 15:15 UTCEPSS rescore
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  22. 2026-07-08 13:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-07-07 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-07-07 13:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-07-06 13:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  28. 2026-07-05 12:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  30. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  31. 2026-07-04 12:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  33. 2026-07-03 12:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-07-02 12:36 UTCEG score recompute
  35. 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 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 79.4% of all scored CVEs.
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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