CVE-2026-12723 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Kirki WordPress plugin before 6.0.12 does not perform any authorisation check on one of its REST routes, allowing unauthenticated users to overwrite the content of arbitrary existing comments and to create pre-approved comments under a spoofed identity, bypassing comment moderation.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00203.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

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References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/76df2c61-4ba7-4987-9e61-5d02142b3db5/

History

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-862
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 07:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		The Kirki WordPress plugin before 6.0.12 does not perform any authorisation check on one of its REST routes, allowing unauthenticated users to overwrite the content of arbitrary existing comments and to create pre-approved comments under a spoofed identity, bypassing comment moderation.
Title		Kirki < 6.0.12 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Comment Modification and Moderation Bypass via Component Library
References		https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/76df2c61-4ba7-4987-9e61-5d02142b3db5/

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-07-20T06:00:03.332Z

Updated: 2026-07-20T15:05:08.888Z

Reserved: 2026-06-19T13:26:29.635Z

Link: CVE-2026-12723

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-20T15:04:57.999Z

NVD

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Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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