CVE-2026-12721 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Kirki WordPress plugin before 6.0.13 does not properly sanitise and escape a value taken from the request before using it in a SQL statement, allowing unauthenticated attackers to perform SQL injection attacks.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00177.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

Kirki

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 6.0.13

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

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References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4cba3900-9f29-4928-811c-163827358052/

History

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 17:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-89
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 8.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 06:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		The Kirki WordPress plugin before 6.0.13 does not properly sanitise and escape a value taken from the request before using it in a SQL statement, allowing unauthenticated attackers to perform SQL injection attacks.
Title		Kirki < 6.0.13 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection
References		https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4cba3900-9f29-4928-811c-163827358052/

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-07-31T06:00:10.742Z

Updated: 2026-07-31T16:52:19.507Z

Reserved: 2026-06-19T13:02:53.567Z

Link: CVE-2026-12721

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-31T16:52:01.093Z

NVD

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Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-07-31T19:00:10Z

Weaknesses

CWE-89

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