What is CVE-2026-12723?

CVE-2026-12723 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kirki, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-07-20.

How severe is CVE-2026-12723?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Kirki

CVE-2026-12723

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…

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.001 (4.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Unknown Kirki — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

References

contact@wpscan.com (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-12723?: CVE-2026-12723 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kirki, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-07-20.
How severe is CVE-2026-12723?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.