CVE-2026-12853
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.
What this means for your business
- An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, with an ordinary user login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
What to do
- 1Ask your IT team or provider whether any of your systems use the affected product.
- 2If you do, follow the vendor's guidance. No patch reference has been published yet.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 5.4 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N- Weakness
- CWE-862
- Assigned by
- security@wordfence.com
Dates
- Published
- 2026-09-07
- Last modified
- 2026-09-08
- Sources
- NVD
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/flamingo/tags/2.6.1/includes/capabilities.php#L5
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/flamingo/tags/2.6.1/includes/class-contact.php#L18
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/flamingo/tags/2.6.1/includes/class-contact.php#L27
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/flamingo/tags/2.6.1/includes/class-inbound-message.php#L29
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/flamingo/tags/2.6.1/includes/class-inbound-message.php#L46
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/flamingo/tags/2.6.2/includes/capabilities.php#L5
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/flamingo/tags/2.6.2/includes/class-contact.php#L18
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/flamingo/tags/2.6.2/includes/class-contact.php#L27
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/flamingo/tags/2.6.2/includes/class-inbound-message.php#L29
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/flamingo/tags/2.6.2/includes/class-inbound-message.php#L46
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3611179/
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0e79a2b2-0491-4778-996d-0a0a80b2a338?source=cve