What is CVE-2026-12270?

CVE-2026-12270 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Everest Forms, classified under CWE-862 MISSING AUTHORIZATION. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-07-09.

How severe is CVE-2026-12270?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Everest Forms

CVE-2026-12270

The Everest Forms WordPress plugin before 3.5.0 does not correctly restrict access to several REST API endpoints belonging to its onboarding assistant: the capability check is only applied when an attacker-controllable request header holds a specific value, so it can be bypassed by omitting or changing that header. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read onboarding status information, modify the related Everest Forms WordPress plugin before 3.5.0 options, and trigger an email from the site to an arbitrary address.

Published 2026-07-09 · last modified 2026-07-09.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (20.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-09.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 21st percentile — 20.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Everest Forms — versions 3.4.2

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/30813664-2af7-45da-b37c-3d573bc80bd9/ (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-12270?: CVE-2026-12270 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Everest Forms, classified under CWE-862 MISSING AUTHORIZATION. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-07-09.
How severe is CVE-2026-12270?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.