# CVE-2026-12472: Missing authorization in Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer

> Unauthenticated attackers can inject arbitrary HTML into emails sent via the site's mail server, enabling phishing attacks against registered users.

- **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:** 2 Jul 2026
- **Updated:** 2 Jul 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7w58-pfxv-fq26

## What is CVE-2026-12472?

CVE-2026-12472 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in themeum Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer, published on 2 Jul 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 6.0.11. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to send arbitrary HTML-injected emails — including phishing messages embedding a real, valid WordPress password-reset URL for the targeted user — to any registered user via the site's own mail server, abusing its SPF/DKIM reputation. The attacker-controlled emailSubject parameter is passed to wp_mail() with only sanitize_text_field() applied, while emailBody 'text' items are concatenated raw into the HTML email body with no escaping, and 'chip' items can include the genuine WordPress password-reset link for the targeted account.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-12472?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-12472?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-12472 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-12472 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-12472 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-12472 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-12472 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in themeum Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer, published on 2 Jul 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-2026-12472 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: themeum Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer. 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-2026-12472/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-12472/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-12472
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12472
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-12472

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-12472/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.