Missing authorization in rocklobsterinc Flamingo
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The Flamingo plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.2. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to enumerate taxonomy terms including channel names derived from Contact Form 7 form titles that may reveal internal form purposes, department names, or workflow identifiers, as well as submission counts per channel and contact tag names. The plugin's flamingo_map_meta_cap() filter restricts access to Flamingo's admin UI but does not extend to WordPress core APIs such as XML-RPC wp.getTerms and admin-ajax ajax-tag-search.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rocklobsterinc | Flamingo | up to 2.6.2 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Flamingo Vendorrocklobsterinc Affected up to 2.6.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-12853
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gc86-q63m-v87m
References
Other 12
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0e79a2b2-0491-4778-996d-0a0a80b2a338?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/flamingo/tags/2.6.1/includes/class-inbound-message.php#L29
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/flamingo/tags/2.6.1/includes/class-inbound-message.php#L46
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/flamingo/tags/2.6.1/includes/class-contact.php#L27
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/flamingo/tags/2.6.2/includes/class-inbound-message.php#L46
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/flamingo/tags/2.6.2/includes/class-contact.php#L27
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/flamingo/tags/2.6.2/includes/class-inbound-message.php#L29
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/flamingo/tags/2.6.2/includes/class-contact.php#L18
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/flamingo/tags/2.6.2/includes/capabilities.php#L5
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/flamingo/tags/2.6.1/includes/class-contact.php#L18
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/flamingo/tags/2.6.1/includes/capabilities.php#L5
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3611179/
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- TI-2023-21407 WordPress Contact form 7 Custom validation Plugin <= 1.1.3 is vulnerable to SQL Injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-04377 Contact Form 7 < 5.9.5 - Unauthenticated Open Redirect CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2018-14941 The contact-form-7 plugin before 5.0.4 for WordPress has privilege escalation because of… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-06451 Contact Form 7 Style <= 3.1.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-05917 Contact Form 7 <= 5.8.3 - Authenticated (Editor+) Arbitrary File Upload CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
Sources
- CVE-2026-12853 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-12853 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-gc86-q63m-v87m · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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