CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-12853

MediumCVSS 5.4
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.31%

23th percentile - higher than 23% of all known CVEs

Summary

The Flamingo plugin for WordPress, in all versions up to and including 2.6.2, is vulnerable to authorization bypass. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access and above to enumerate taxonomy terms including channel names derived from Contact Form 7 form titles that may reveal internal form purposes, department names, or workflow identifiers, as well as submission counts per channel and contact tag names. The plugin's flamingo_map_meta_cap() filter restricts access to Flamingo's admin UI but does not extend to WordPress core APIs such as XML-RPC wp.getTerms and admin-ajax ajax-tag-search.

Risk Assessment

Risk of exposing sensitive organizational information such as department names, form purposes, and submission statistics, which may facilitate social engineering or espionage.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Flamingo plugin to a version newer than 2.6.2 if available, and restrict access to XML-RPC and admin-ajax interfaces for unauthorized users.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The Flamingo plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.2. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to enumerate taxonomy terms including channel names derived from Contact Form 7 form titles that may reveal internal form purposes, department names, or workflow identifiers, as well as submission counts per channel and contact tag names. The plugin's flamingo_map_meta_cap() filter restricts access to Flamingo's admin UI but does not extend to WordPress core APIs such as XML-RPC wp.getTerms and admin-ajax ajax-tag-search.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS