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TI-2026-10875 Aliases CVE-2026-12723GHSA-f5q9-9w7q-q2jv

Kirki < 6.0.12 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Comment Modification and Moderation Bypass via Component Library

Priority MEDIUM 63CWE-862Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00339 27th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA
Fix Fixed Kirki (Unknown): 6.0.12

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
UnknownKirkibefore 6.0.126.0.12Patch availableCNA
  • Kirki VendorUnknown Affected before 6.0.12 Fixed in 6.0.12 Patch available CNA

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Kirki (Unknown) Fixed in 6.0.12

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    Kirki 6.0.12

    3 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 1 HIGH, 2 MEDIUM

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2026-11164 Kirki < 6.0.12 - Unauthenticated Server-Side Request Forgery via kirki_get_apisPriority HIGH 80
    • TI-2026-10876 Kirki < 6.0.12 - Unauthenticated HTML Injection in Password Reset Email via kirki-forgot-passwordPriority MEDIUM 53
    Show all 3 records →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-12723
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f5q9-9w7q-q2jv

References

Exploit 1

Sources

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