# CVE-2025-12895: Kalium <= 3.29 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Mail Relay via kalium_vc_contact_form_request

> Unauthenticated attackers can exploit a missing capability check to use the theme as an open mail relay, sending arbitrary emails.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Jan 2026
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gm4j-hg89-42fw

## What is CVE-2025-12895?

CVE-2025-12895 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Laborator Kalium 3 | Creative WordPress & WooCommerce Theme, published on 15 Jan 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Kalium 3 | Creative WordPress & WooCommerce Theme theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized email sending due to a missing capability check on the kalium_vc_contact_form_request() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.29. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to use the theme an an open mail relay and send email to arbitrary email addresses on the server's behalf.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12895?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-12895?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12895 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-12895 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12895 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-12895 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-12895 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Laborator Kalium 3 | Creative WordPress & WooCommerce Theme, published on 15 Jan 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12895 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Laborator Kalium 3 | Creative WordPress & WooCommerce Theme. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12895/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12895/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-12895
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12895
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-12895

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12895/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.