CVE-2026-12723: medium-severity vulnerability in Kirki
Kirki < 6.0.12 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Comment Modification and Moderation Bypass via Component Library
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33Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.
ssvc Attendcvss 5.3epss 0.3%
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Affected products
Unknown · Kirkipublic PoCs found — 1
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