Is CVE-2026-12723 being exploited?

No public exploit is currently tracked.

How severe is CVE-2026-12723?

CVE-2026-12723 has a CVSS v3 severity of MEDIUM (5.3).

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CVE-2026-12723

Description

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.